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THE 


WORCESTER  BOOK  : 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS 

in 
Worcester,  Massachusetts, 

From  1657  to  1883. 


BY 

FRANKLIN  P.  RICE, 

Member  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity. 


PUTNAM,  DAVIS  AND  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS. 
1884. 


THREE  HUNDRED  COPIES  PRINTED. 


Copyright,  1884. 
By  F.  P.  Rice. 


PREFACE. 


T  N  the  preparation  of  this  volume  my  purpose  has  been  to  pro- 
vide a  Reference  Book  of  Dates  for  Worcester  events,  which  would 
readily  afford  often  desired  information  as  to  the  exact  time  of 
any  noteworthy  local  occurrence.  With  this  end  in  view,  a  large 
number  of  items  have  been  gathered,  including  not  only  the  more 
important  matters  which  are  familiar  in  print,  but  also  many  of  a 
kind  not  usually  noticed  in  town  histories.  Among  the  latter  may 
be  mentioned  the  visits  of  literary,  theatrical  and  musical  celebri- 
ties ;  political  conventions,  meetings  and  disturbances  ;  exhibitions, 
fairs,  lectures  and  entertainments  ;  riots,  accidents  and  calamities  ; 
natural  phenomena ;  and  many  things  uncommon  and  singular. 
Notes,  explanatory,  historical,  biographical  or  anecdotal,  have  been 
added  ;  and  a  complete  index  will  be  found  at  the  end. 

In  the  compilation  of  the  matter  I  have  drawn  freely  from  the 
many  printed  works  relating  to  the  history  of  Worcester,  both  gen- 
eral and  special ;  from  the  files  of  the  Worcester  papers,  (which  I 
have  been  kindly  allowed  to  consult  at  my  convenience  at  the  li- 
brary of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society)  ;  from  the  publications 
of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity,  which  have  supplied  many 
original  items  ;  and  from  other  sources  too  numerous  to  mention. 
I  am  also  indebted  to  many  persons  for  facts  and  statements  in- 
cluded in  the  book,  some  of  which  appear  in  print  for  the  first 
time. 


4  PREFACE, 

I  have  endeavored  to  make  the  statements  as  to  time,  correct ; 
but  where  so  much  miscellaneous  matter  has  been  brought  togeth- 
er, it  would  be  unreasonable  to  assume  that  no  errors  will  be  found. 
The  displayed  dates  have  been  carefully  verified  by  the  best  author- 
ities, and,  as  a  whole,  I  think  they  can  be  relied  upon.  The  list  is 
by  no  means  complete  :  a  second  gleaning — which  I  leave  to  some 
zealous  antiquary  of  the  future — would  disclose  many  facts  not 
noticed  in  this  collection. 

F.  P.  R. 

Worcester,  March  26,  1884. 


ERRATA. 
No.  102.         Supply  the  year  "1874." 

394-         Second  line.     For  Thomas  read  Foster. 
484.         The  death  of  Mr.  Maccarty  was  inadvertently  printed  un- 
der July  loth.     He  died  July  2Oth. 
508.         For  25th  read  2/sf. 
"     624.          For  Dickinson  read  Turner. 


*   * 


A  few  omissions  from  the  text  have  been  supplied  in  the  index. 
%*     Dates  before  1752  may  be  considered  old  style. 


THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 


NOTEWORTHY  EVENTS. 


January  i. 

1  1792.     Second  Meeting  House  dedicated. 

It  was  located  on  Summer  street,  near  Lincoln  square,  and  is  now  used 
as  a  school-house. 

2  1834.     First  issue  of  the  Worcester  Palladium. 

This  paper  was  published  44  years.  The  last  number  was  dated  Feb. 
12,  1876.  It  was  at  first  anti-Masonic,  then  Democratic,  and  finally 
Republican.  J.  S.  C.  Knowlton  was  the  founder. 

3  1848.     Friends'  Meeting  House,  Oxford  street,  opened. 

Previous  to  erection  of  this  building,  the  meetings  of  the  Friends  were 
held  in  Boyden's  Block,  Main  street,  south  of  Walnut. 

4  1859.     Engine  House,  Pleasant  street,  demolished  by  Gas 
Explosion. 

The  building  and  contents  were  totally  destroyed;  and  the  school-house 
and  adjacent  dwellings  badly  shattered.  The  cause  was  a  leak  in  a 
gas-pipe. 

5  1866.     First  appearance,  in  Worcester,  of  Parepa. 
Euphrosyne  Parepa  was  born  in  Edinburgh  in  1836,  and  died  in    1874. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Georgiades  de  Boyescu,  a  Wallachian  noble- 
man, and  Elizabeth  Seguin.     Parepa  visited  the  United  States  in  1865 
and  1869.     She  was  married  to  Carl  Rosa  in  1867. 

January  2. 

6  1867.     Rev.  Royal  B.  Stratton  installed  pastor  of  the  Old 
South  Church. 

He  was  dismissed  April  25,  1872;  and  died  January  24,  1875. 


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January  3. 

7  1845.     Execution  of  Thomas  Barrett  for  murder. 
The  first  private  execution  in  the  county. 

8  1864.     Great  Meeting  in  Mechanics  Hall  on  Sunday  Eve- 
ning, to  further  enlistments. 

Judge  Allen  presided.  Addresses  were  made  by  Maj.  McCafferty  and 
John  B.  Gough.  50  enlistments  followed  the  next  day. 

9  1868.     Gen.  Abner  Doubleday  visits  Worcester. 

Gen.  Doubleday  was  one  of  the  gallant  defenders  of  Fort  Sumter 
during  the  memorable  siege  of  April,  1861;  and  fired  the  first  gun  in 
defense  of  the  Union.  He  subsequently  attained  the  rank  of  Maj.  Gen. 

January  4. 

10  1793.       Weaver's  Shop  of  Cornelius  and  Peter  Stowell 
burned. 

This  shop  was  located  on  what  is  now  the  east  corner  of  Park  and 
Orange  streets.  More  than  2000  yards  of  cloth  and  stock  for  700  yds 
more  were  consumed.  Loss  .£300.  This  fire  led  to  the  formation  of 
the  Worcester  Fire  Society. 

The  Stowells  manufactured  the  first  carpets  used  in  the  present  State 
House  at  Boston.  They  also  carried  on  calico  printing  and  fancy  dyeing. 

January  6. 

11  1844.     First  issue  of  the  Christian  Citizen. 

This  paper  was  established  by  Elihu  Burritt,  and  was  devoted  to  re- 
ligion, peace,  anti-slavery,  etc.  It  was  published  seven  years. 

12  1856.     [Sunday]    Third   (now  the  Main  Street)   Baptist 
Church  dedicated. 

13  l%59-     Lecture  by  George  D.    Prentice,    Editor   of  the 
Louisville  Journal. 

Subject :  "  Present  Aspect  of  American  Politics." 

14  1874.     Charles  Bradlaugh  lectured  on  "The  Republican 
Movement  in  Europe." 

One  of  the  most  powerful  and  eloquent  lectures  ever  given  in  Worces- 
ter. 


NOTEWORTHY  EVENTS.  9 

January  7. 

15  1800.     First  issue  of  the  Independent  Gazetteer. 

A  weekly  paper  published  by  Nahum  Mower  and  Daniel  Greenleaf. 
It  was  discontinued  after  two  years. 

16  1846.     Skeleton  of  a  Mastodon  exhibited  at  hall  in  Central 
Hotel. 

It  was  discovered  in  Newburg,  Orange  Co.,  N.  Y.  ,  Length  20  feet. 
Weight  of  bones  2002  Ibs. 

17  1857.     Thalberg's  First  Concert  in  Worcester. 

He  was  assisted  by  Madame  De  Wilhorst  and  Signor  Morelli.  Price 
of  admission.  $i.  Thalberg  gave  another  concert  at  Brinley  Hall.  Mar. 
27th,  and  his  farewell  performance  at  Mechanics  Hall,  April  jd.  At 
one  of  these  Madame  D'Angri  and  her  daughter  assisted. 

Sigismund  Thalberg,  one  of  the  most  eminent  pianists  the  world  has 
known,  was  born  at  Geneva  in  1812.  and  died  in  1871.     He  was  a  pu- 
pil of  Hummel.     "  In  graceful  and  brilliant  execution,  and  in  manual 
dexterity  on  the  piano,  he  had  hardly  a  rival." 
i 

January  8. 

1 8  1861.     Lecture  by  Professor  Ormsby  M.  Mitchel,  the  dis- 
tinguished astronomer. 

The  ^irst  of  three  lectures  on  astronomy.  Prof.  Mitchel  entered  the 
military  service  in  defence  of  the  Union,  and  became  a  major  general. 
He  died  October  3Oth,  1862. 

January  9. 

19  1837.     A  man  run  over  by  engine  and  ten  cars. 

The  accident  occurred  just  below  the  deep  cut  on  the  Boston  &  Wor- 
cester R.  R.  It  appears  that  the  man.  somewhat  in  liquor,  was  return- 
ing after  nightfall  to  his  home  in  Grafton.  and  at  Washington  Square, 
turned  down  the  railroad  by  mistake.  His  horse  was  killed  and  the 
sleigh  demolished;  but  the  man  escaped  with  slight  injuries. 

January  10. 

20  1863.      Concert  in   Mechanics  Hall   by   Madame   Anna 
Bishop,  Mile  Marietta  Erba,  Herr  Zochler,  M.  Arbuckle  and 
Henry  Suck.     P.  S.  Gillmore,  Conductor. 


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January  12. 

2 1  1778.     "Voted  unanimously  that  the  Confederation  agreed 
upon  by  the  United  States  in  General  Congress  assembled,  is 
agreeable  to  the  minds  of  the  people  of  this  town."—  Wor- 
cester Town  Records. 

22  1814.     Nine  British  Officers,  prisoners  of  war,  escape  from 
jail. 

They  were  in  Worcester  on  parole,  and  were  committed  to  jail  Dec.  3, 
1813.  in  retaliation  for  similar  measures  of  the  enemy.  They  over- 
powered the  attendant  and  secured  the  keys;  five  of  them  were  recap- 
tured within  24  hours.  A  reward  was  offered  for  their  detention;  and 
the  advertisement  insinuated  that  they  had  been  assisted  in  their  es- 
cape by  some  of  the  Federalists  of  Worcester. 

January  13. 

23  1806.     General  William  Eaton,  "The  Hero  who  travelled 
over  the  Lybian  Desart  with  his  little  undisciplined  army ; 
conquered  Derne,  and  made  the  whole  nation  of  Tripolitan 
Barbarians  tremble  at  hre  presence,  passed  through  this  town 
on  Monday  last,  on  his  way  to  Boston." — Spy,   Wednesday, 
Jan.  15,  1806. 

January  15. 

24  1857.     Disunion  Convention. 

T.  W.  Higginson  called  the  convention  to  order.  President,  F.  W. 
Bird  of  Walpole;  vice-presidents,  Thomas  Earle  of  Worcester,  William 
Lloyd  Garrison  of  Boston,  David  Mann  of  Sterling,  William  Ashby  of 
Newburyport.  Alvin  Ward  of  Ashburnham,  and  Charles  Brigham  of 
Marlborough;  secretaries,  James  M.  W.  Yerrington  of  Boston,  S.D. 
Tourtelott  of  Worcester. 

This  convention  was  called  "to  consider  the  practicability,  prob- 
ability, and  expediency  of  a  separation  between  the  free  and  slave 
states." 

Last  resolution :  "Resolved,  that  the  sooner  the  separation  takes 
place,  the  more  peaceful  it  will  be;  but  that  peace  or  war  is  a  secondary 
consideration,  in  view  of  our  present  perils :  slavery  must  be  conquered ; 
peaceably  if  we  can,  forcibly  if  we  must." 

Speeches  were  made  by  Wm.  Lloyd  Garrison  and  Wendell  Phillips. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  I  I 

25  1863.     Concert,  Washburn  Hall :    Teresa  Carreno,   the 

wpnderful  Child  Pianist. 

She  is  now  the  wife  of  Gaetano  Saurjt. 

January  16. 

26  1772.     "  In  memory  of  Cap'.  Thomas  Sterne,  he  died  Jan17 
the  i6th  1772,  in  the  76  year  of  his  ^"—Inscriptions  from 
the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

Thomas  Stearns  was  son  of  John  Stearns  of  Watertown.  and  grandson  of 
Charles,  the  emigrant.  Thomas  was  a  housewright  by  trade ;  and  came 
to  Worcester  with  his  brother  John,  who  was  a  blacksmith.  The  latter 
was  captain  of  the  volunteers  raised  in  Worcester  in  1748  for  defense 
against  the  Indians.  Thomas  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Judge  Wm. 
Jennison.  He  was  the  first  sexton  of  the  town;  selectman  in  1748;  and 
_T>kept  the  public  house  known  as  the  "King's  Arms."  which  stood  near- 
'  ly  on  the  site  of  Lincoln  House  block.  It  was  continued  by  his  widow. 
In  this  tavern  the  lories  frequently  met;  and  their  famous  protest  of 
1774  was  prepared  and  signed  here.  Two  conventions  of  Committees 
of  Correspondence  of  the  County  were  also  held  in  this  house.  Mrs. 
Stearns  died  July  19.  1784.  aged  77. 

"On  the  first  celebration  of  the  adoption  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence in  Worcester,  July  22.  1776.  'a  select  company  of  the  sons 
of  freedom'  repaired  to  the  tavern,  and  demanded  that  the  sign  on 
which  was  emblazoned  the  royal  arms,  should  be  taken  down  and 
burned  in  the  street,  all  of  which  was  cheerfully  complied  with  by  the 
innkeeper." 

27  1882.     Rafael  Joseffy,  the  eminent  pianist  and  composer, 
assisted  by  Miss  Belini,  gave  a  Grand  Concert  in  Mechanics 
Hall. 

Before  the  Mechanics'  Association.  Joseffy  was  coldy  received  by  the 
large  audience  that  filled  the  hall,  and  his  fine  performances  were  lis- 
tened to  with  stolid  indifference. 

January  17. 

28  1757.     Lord  London  passed  through  Worcester  on  his  way 
to  Boston. 

John  Campbell,  Lord  Loudon,  was  born  1705;  died  1782.  He  arrived 
in  Virginia  in  July,  1756,  with  a  commission  as  commander-in-chief  of 


I  2  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

the  British  forces  in  America;  but  proving  incompetent  he  returned  to 
England  the  next  year.  He  subsequently  rose  to  the  rank  of  General. 

29  1778.     Baron  Steuben  and  his  attendants  passed  through 
Worcester  on  their  way  to  Congress. 

Frederick  William  Augustus,  Baron  Steuben,  was  born  at  Madgeburg, 
Prussia.  Nov.  15.  1730.  He  served  in  the  wars  of  Frederick  the  Great. 
Sacrificing  a  large  income,  he  offered  his  services  to  the  Americans, 
and  landed  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  in  November,  1777.  Congress  gave 
him  the  commission  of  Inspector  General,  and  he  performed  valuable 
service  in  raising  the  discipline  of  the  army.  After  the  war  he  retired 
to  a  tract  of  land  in  Oneida  county  granted  him  by  the  legislature  of 
New  York,  and  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life  upon  a  government  an- 
nuity of  52.500.  He  died  November  28,  1794.  He  was  a  man  of  large 
heart,  ever  ready  to  relieve  poverty  and  suffering. 

30  1861.     Bayard  Taylor  delivered  his  lecture  on  Humboldt. 

31  1882.     Death  of  Hon.  Alexander  H.  Bullock. 

He  was  born  in  Royalston,  March  2.  1816;  graduated  at  Amherst  Col- 
lege 1836;  member  of  both  branches  of  the  legislature;  and  Governor 
of  Massachusetts  1866-69.  He  was  Mayor  of  Worcester  in  1859.  Mr. 
Bullock  was  a  finished  orator.  A  volume  of  his  addresses  has  recently 
been  published. 

January  18. 

32  1838.     Lecture  by  James  G.  Birney,  the  noted  anti-slavery 
advocate. 

James  G.  Birney  was  born  in  Kentucky  in  1792.  He  was  for  some 
years  a  slave  owner;  but  in  1834  he  emancipated  his  servants,  and  en- 
tered with  great  enthusiasm  into  the  anti-slavery  cause.  He  was  the 
candidate  of  the  Liberty  party  in  1844.  He  died  in  1857. 

33  1850.     Fanny  Kemble  read  Richard  n.  at  Flagg's  Hall. 
Frances  Anne  Kemble  is  a  niece  of  the  celebrated  Mrs.  Siddons.    She 
was  born  in  London,  181 1,  and  at  an  early  age  performed  leading  parts 
in  tragedy  and  comedy.  She  came  to  the  United  States  in  1832,  and  soon 
after  married  Pierce  Butler  of  Georgia,  from  whom  she  separated  in 
1845.     In  1848  she  began  to  give  Shakspearian  readings  with  great 
success.     She  appeared  in  Worcester  in  1850,  1857  and  1867.     She  is 
the  author  of  a  number  of  volumes. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  13 

January  19. 

34  1777.     [Sunday]  Twelve  Tory  prisoners  broke  Gaol  and 
made  their  escape. 

They  had  been  sent  to  Worcester  from  New  York ;  and  were  confined 
for  treasonable  practices.  They  were  soon  apprehended  and  brought 
back. 

35  1833.     First  Patient  received  at  the  State  Lunatic  Hospital. 

36  1865.     Funeral  honors  to  Edward  Everett. 
The  bells  were  tolled  by  order  of  the  Mayor. 

January  20. 

37  1822.     "In  Memory  of  Capt.   EBENEZER  WISWELL,  who 
died  Jan.  20,  1822.     aged  67. 

A  member  of  Timothy  Bigelow's  company  of  minute  men  which  left 
Worcester  on  the  alarm  at  Lexington,  April  19.  1775.  A  private  in  a 
company  under  the  command  of  Capt.  Jonas  Hubbard  in  service  near 
Boston  the  same  year.  Corporal  in  Capt.  Wm.  Gates's  company  in  Col. 
Jonathan  Holman's  regiment  in  the  Continental  Army.  He  married 
Sally  Mahan  of  Boylston,  Dec.  25.  1792." — Inscriptions  from  the  Old 
Burial  Grounds. 

38  1877.     Charles  Alb'ert  Fechter  as  Monte  Christo,  at  the 
Worcester  Theatre. 

Fechter  was  born  in  London.  Oct.  23,  1824;  and  died  at  Rockland 
Center,  Pennsylvania,  Aug.  5,  1879. 

January  21. 

39  I793-     Worcester  Fire  Society  organized. 

This  society  was  formed  "  for  the  more  effectual  assistance  of  each  other 
and  of  their  townsmen,  in  times  of  danger  from  fire";  and  the  imme- 
diate incentive  to  its  organization  was  the  burning  of  Sto wells'  shop, 
Jan.  4,  1793.  (See  No.  lo.)  The  names  of  the  original  members  were, 
Joseph  Allen.  John  Nazro,  Leonard  Worcester,  Nathaniel  Paine.  Sam- 
uel Chandler,  Ezra  Waldo  Weld,  Dr.  John  Green.  Samuel  Brazer, 
Thomas  Payson,  Edward  Bangs.  Dr.  Elijah  Dix,  William  Sever.  The- 
ophilus  Wheeler,  Dr.  Oliver  Fiske,  John  Paine,  Samuel  Allen,  Stephen 
Salisbury,  Charles  Chandler.  John  Stanton.  Dr.  Abraham  Lincoln,  Dan- 
C 


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iel  Waldo,  Jr.,  and  Isaiah  Thomas.  The  members  subsequently  elect- 
ed included  some  of  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  Worcester.  The 
Hon.  Stephen  Salisbury,  elected  in  1824,  is  the  oldest  living  member. 

Previous  to  1822.  when  the  Mutual  Fire  Society  was  formed,  (see 
under  date  July  II.)  the  Worcester  Fire  Society  was  the  only  organiza- 
tion relied  upon  by  the  town  for  aid  in  extinguishing  tires.  Since  the 
establishment  of  the  Fire  Department  in  1835.  the  society  has  been 
maintained  as  a  social  body.  Reminiscences  of  its  members  have  been 
published. 

40  1857.     Hon.  Thomas  H.  Benton  lectured  in  the  City  Hall 
.  on  The  Preservation  of  the  Federal  Union. 

41  1861.     American  House  Block  burned. 

January  22. 

42  1776-     "Voted  to  make  choice  of  two  persons  to  serve  as 
civil  officers  (viz  as  Justices  of  the  Peace) ." —  Worcester  Town 
Records. 

43  17&7"     Gen.  Lincoln  and  his  troops  reached  Worcester  to 
suppress  Shays's  Rebellion. 

The  army  commanded  by  Gen.  Benjamin  Lincoln,  which  numbered 
4400.  left  Roxbury  on  the  2 1st.  On  their  arrival  at  Worcester  the 
troops  were  quartered  on  the  inhabitants,  and  remained  three  days. 
They  departed  for  Springfield  on  the  25th. 

44  1858.     Death  of  Judge  Kinnicutt. 

The  Hon.  Thomas  Kinnicutt  served  the  town  as  Selectman  and  Repre- 
sentative; was  Senator  and  Speaker*  of  the  House  of  Representatives 
in  the  Legislature;  and  Judge  of  Probate  at  the  time  of  his  death.  His 
age  was  58. 

January  23. 

45  1840.     Trial  of  Kidnappers. 

Dickenson  Shearer  and  Elias  M.  Turner  were  tried  for  kidnapping  in 
Worcester  a  negro  boy  named  Sidney  O.  Francis.  The  boy  was  taken 
to  Virginia  and  offered  for  sale,  but  was  reclaimed.  The  trial  lasted 
three  days,  and  resulted  in  a  verdict  of  guilty  against  both.  Shearer 
was  sentenced  to  seven  years  in  the  state  prison.  See  under  date  Sep- 
tember 12. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  15 

46  1853.     Alpheus  Merrifield  died,  aged  73. 

He  was  Deacon  of  the  Unitarian  Church  for  many  years;  Secretary  of 
Overseers  of  the  Poor;  and  a  prominent  citi/en. 

January  24. 

47  1784.     "Erected  in  memory  of  Capt.  Samuel  Mower  who 
departed  this  life  Janry  24th  1784,  in  the  64"'  year  of  his  age. 
Capt.  Samuel  Mower,  Jr.,  married  Comfort  Learned  of  Oxford,  daugh- 
ter of  (Jen.  Ebenezer  Learned  of  revolutionary  fame.      He  was  a  Se- 
lectman in  1765.     A   Royalist  Protester  of  1774.     In  May,   1775,  he 
with  others  was  given  opportunity,  by  the  local  Committee  of  Corres- 
pondence, to  join  the  American  troops,  or  find  another  in  hi*  stead,  or 
be  considered  unworthy  the  confidence  of  his  fellow  countrymen." — 
Inscriptions  from  flu-  Old  Burial  Groumh. 

48  1875.     The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  instituted. 
The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity  was  formed  to  foster  "a  love  and 
admiration  for  antiquarian  research  and  archaeological  science,  and  to 
rescue  from  oblivion  such    historical    matter   as  would  otherwise  be 
lost."    It  was  re-organized  under  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth.  Mar. 
6,  1877.     Hve  volumes  of  Collections  have  been  published  aggregating 
2248  pages.     They  comprise   the    Proceedings  of  the   Meetings,  with 
many  valuable  papers;  Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds;   the 
Proprietary  and  Town  Records;  Records  of  the  County  Court  of  Ses- 
sions, etc.      Its  valuable  library  and  cabinet  are  constantly  increasing. 
TheJSociety  occupies  rooms  in  Bank  Block,  Foster  street. 

49  1882.     1 6  to  20  degrees  below  zero.    Lowest  temperature 
recorded  in  Worcester. 

January  25. 

50  1782.     Protest  against  Excise  on  Liquor.     See   Worcester 
Town  Records. 

January  26. 

5 1  1786.     House  of  Samuel  Flagg  burned. 

At  what  is  now  the  corner  of  Main  and  Park  streets.     It  was  formerly 
the  residence  of  Hon.  James  Putnam,  the  refugee. 


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January  27. 

52  1805.     "Erected  in  memory  of  Lieut.  William  McFarland 
who  departed  this  life  Jan.  27,  1805,  JEt.  83. 

He  was  Lieutenant  in  the  company  of  minute  men  under  Capt.  Benja- 
min Flagg.  that  marched  on  the  alarm  at  Lexington.  Selectman,  1781- 
82." — Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

53  1832.     "Cold  Friday."     10  to  16  degrees  below  zero. 

January  28. 

54  1830.     Rev.  John  S.  C.  Abbott  ordained  Pastor  of  the  Cal- 
vinist  (now  the  Central)  Church. 

He  was  dismissed  in  1835.  Mr-  Abbott  was  a  writer  of  marked  ability, 
and  his  productions  had  a  wide  circulation.  "The  Mother  at  Home," 
written  at  Worcester,  passed  through  many  editions,  and  was  translated 
into  nearly  all  the  European  languages.  It  was  printed  in  Greek  at 
Athens,  and  published  in  Dutch  at  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope.  Joseph 
Boyden,  the  jeweller,  a  bachelor  with  peculiar  notions  in  regard  to  the 
duties  of  women,  on  seeing  this  book,  exclaimed:  "The  Mother  at 
Home  !  The  amount  on't  is,  she's  never  at  home  /" 

Mr.  Abbott  died  at  Fair  Haven,  Conn.,  June  17,  1877,  aged  71. 

55  1863.     Gen.  George  B.  McClellan  passed  through  Wor- 
cester. 

56  1867.     New  Post  Office,  on  Pearl  street,  opened. 

January  29. 

5  7  1723.  "At  a  meeting  of  the  Selectmen  of  Worcester,  Janur. 
29  :  1 722-3.  agreed  with  Lei1  Henry  Lee  to  Beiuld  a  sufficiant 
pound  for  reclaiming  of  onruly  beasts,  sd  pound  to  be  Thirty 
three  feet  Square  and  Seven  feet  high  :  of  good  white  oake 
posts  of  Eight  Inches  deep  &  6  inches  thik  :  and  good  oake 
Rails  of  2  inches  thik  &  6  inches  broad  at  ye  Least,  all  to  be 
Don  workman  Like  at  or  before  ye  first  Day  of  March  next 
Ensuing  ye  Date  hearof :  Sd  pound  to  be  Erected  near  y* 
meeting  house  whear  y6  Selectmen  Shall  apoint :  for  which  ye 
SdLee  is  to  Recive  of  ye  Town  of  Worcester  Six  pounds  money." 
—Early  Records  of  Worcester. 


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58  1854.     Flagg's  Block  burned. 

On  the  site  of  the  present  building  of  that  name.  The  fire  broke  out 
at  midnight,  when  the  temperature  was  be)o.w  zero.  Loss,  £50.000. 
In  the  upper  stories  was  Flagg  Hall,  which  was  used  as  a  theatre.  The 
building  was  erected  by  Klisha  Flagg.  who  died  in  1853. 

January  30. 

59  1826.     "In  Memory  of  Col.  MOSES  N.  CHILDS,  who  died 
Jan.  30,  1826,  aged  5.1  years,  9  m  &  24  days. 

Was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Calvinist  (Central)  Church,  and  one  of 
eight  persons  who,  on  the  8th  of  Feb..  1^22,  bound  themselves  to  de- 
fray, out  of  their  private  resources,  the  expenses  of  public  worship  for 
five  years,  after  deducting  such  sums  as  might  be  voluntarily  contrib- 
uted by  others." — Inscriptions  from  the  Old  /-in  rial  (/rounds. 

February  i. 

60  1786.  .  Rev.  Aaron  Bancroft  ordained  Pastor  of  the  Second 
(Unitarian)  Church. 

6 1  1839.     Elliot  Cresson,  the  distinguished   Quaker  philan- 
thropist, lectured  in  the  Unitarian  Church  on  Colonization. 

62  1855.     George  William  Curtis  lectured. 

63  1871.     Death  of  the  Rev.  Alonzo  Hill,  D.  D. 

He  was  born  in  Harvard,  Mass.,  June  20.  1800;  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1822;  and  was  ordained  Pastor  of  the  Second  {Unitarian) 
Church,  Worcester,  in  1827. 

February  2. 

64  1845.     First  separate  meeting  to  form  Church  of  the  Unity. 

February  3. 

65  1836.     Union  Church  formed. 

66  1853.     Rev  Horace  James  installed  Pastor  of  the   Old 
South  Church. 

He  resigned  in  the  fall  of  1861,  and  became  Chaplain  of  the  25th  Mass. 
Volunteers.  Subsequently  he  was  connected  with  the  Freedmen's  De- 
partment in  North  Carolina.  After  the  war  he  preached  in  Lowell.  He 
died  at  Boylston,  June  9,  1875. 


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67  1855.     Mission  Chapel,  Summer  street,  dedicated. 

February  5. 

68  1842.     Mechanics'  Association  formed. 

At  a  meeting  held  Xov.  21.  1841.  action  was  taken  to  form  an  associa- 
tion of  the  Mechanics  of  Worcester.  The  names  of  those  prominent 
in  the  movement  were :  Anthony  Chase.  Putnam  W.  Taft.  William 
Leggate.  Henry  W.  Miller.  William  M.  Bickford,  Levi  A.  Dowley,  Ru- 
fus  I).  Dunbar.  John  P.  Kettell.  James  S.  Woodworth,  Hiram  Gorham, 
Joseph  Pratt,  Henry  Goulding  and  Edward  B.  Rice.  The  first  officers 
were:  President.  William  A.  Wheeler;  Vice-President,  Ichabod  Wash- 
burn;  Secretary.  Albert  Tolman;  Treasurer,  Elbridge  G.  Partridge. 
The  Association  was  incorporated  March  9,  1850. 

February  6. 

69  1801.     "In  Memory  of  Lieu1  Jacob  Hemenway  who  died 
Febr  6th  1 80 1,  in  the  78th  year  of  his  age. 

Was  lieutenant  in  a  company  of  43  men  under  command  of  Capt.  Aaron 
Rice  of  Rutland,  who  served  in  the  campaign  of  1756.  He  succeeded 
Capt.  Rice  on  the  death  of  the  latter  in  camp.  Was  one  of  the  build- 
ing committee  of  the  Old  South  Church  in  1763.  his  associates  being 
John  Chandler.  Jr.,  Joshua  Bigelow.  Josiah  Brewer,  John  Curtis.  James 
Putnam,  Daniel  Boyden,  James  Goodwin,  David  Bigelow,  Samuel 
Moore  and  Elish*  Smith.  Selectman  1764.  One  of  the  original  mem- 
bers of  the  American  Political  Society.  He  lived  on  what  is  now  May 
street,  on  or  near  the  farm  of  the  late  W.  W.  Patch." — Inscriptions 
from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds'. 

70  1842.     "Charles  Dickens   (Boz)    the   celebrated   author, 
with  his  wife,  arrived  in  town  on  the  evening  of  the  5th,  and 
left  for  Hartford,  via  Springfield,  on  the  morning  of  the  7th. 
While  here,  many  of  our  inhabitants  called  on  them  at  the 
mansion  of  Gov.  Davis,  where  they  staid  during  their  tarry  in 
town." — Sf>y,  Feb.  9,  1842. 

71  1874.    Wilkie  Collins  read  the  "Dream  Woman."  Mechan- 
ics Hall. 

February  7. 

72  1821.     "Major  Jedediah  Healy,  Died  February  7,   1821, 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  19 

aged  63  years.     Sally  his  wife  died  Feb.   i,   1821,  aged  65 

years. 

He  was  matross  in  Capt.  David  Henshaw's  company  of  Col.  'Ihomas 
Craft's  regiment  of  artillery.  A  cabinet-maker  by  trade.  He  lived  on 
the  east  side  of  Main  street,  where  the  low  wooden  buildings  now  are, 
just  north  of  the  American  House  Hlock." — Inscriptions  from  the  Old 
Burial  Grounds. 

Heily  was  a  noted  wag.  famous  for  his  wit.  "Who's  dead  ?"  inquired 
one  of  his  neighbors,  as  he  was  driving  the  hearse  to  a  funeral.  "Peter 
Smith."  "What's  the  complaint?"  Haven't  heard  any  complaint." 
replied  Healy.  "I  think  it  gives  very  general  satisfaction !"  Isaiah 
Thomas  erected 'a  large  stone  torn!)  in  the  Mechanic  street  ground,  and 
on  its  completion,  contemplated  the  impuMng  structure  with  some  pride. 
He  remarked  to  Healy  that  it  had  cost  a  large  sum.  who  replied:  "I 
hope  you  won't  lie  long  out  of  the  interest  of  your  money!" 

73  1861.     Concert  by  Stigelli  and  Carlotta  Patti. 

February  8. 

74  1834.     First  Methodist  Society  formed. 

Thirteen  individuals  met  in  the  Town  Hall  and  were  organized  as  a 
"Methodist  Episcopal  Society  in  the  town  of  Worcester."  They  wor- 
shiped in  the  Town  Hall  for  three  years,  and  first  occupied  a  church 
at  the  corner  of  Exchange  and  Union  streets  in  1837.  ^ee  ur>der  date 
February  19. 

75  1856.     Bay  State  House  opened. 

The  Ray  State  Hotel  was  erected  by  a  company  incorporated  in  1853. 
The  house  and  out-buildings  occupy  30.000  square  feet  of  land :  the 
lot  cost  $38.000;  the  building  £100.000;  and  the  stable  §5,000.  $15, 
ooo  worth  of  furniture  was  supplied  by  the  corporation,  the  remainder 
by  the  lessees.  Warner  Clifford  and  A.  H.  Foster  were  the  first  lessees. 

76  1862.     Lecture  by  Charles  F.  Browne,  wt.Artemas  Ward. 

Subject:  "Children  in  the  Wood." 

77  1874.     Death  of  John  Milton  Earle. 

He  was  born  in  Leicester  in  1794;  came  to  Worcester  in  1818.  and 
with  Anthony  Chase,  his  brother-in-law,  opened  a  store  for  the  sale  of 
general  merchandise.  He  was  connected  with  the  Spy  from  1823  to 
1858,  for  many  years  as  editor;  and  was  prominent  in  the  anti-slavery 
movement.  One  of  the  founders  of  the  Horticultural  Society;  and  a 
member  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Postmaster  from  1861  to  1866. 


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February  9. 

78  1853.     Thomas  F.  Meager  in  Worcester. 

He  was  born  in  Waterford,  Ireland,  August  3,  1823.  As  one  of  lead- 
ers of  the  "Young  Ireland"  party,  he  was  sentenced  to  banishment  for 
life  to  Van  DiemaiTs  l^ind;  but  escaped  to  the  United  States  in  1852. 
In  the  Rebellion  he  served  with  distinction,  and  was  commissioned  a 
Brigadier  General.  He  was  appointed  Secretary  of  Montana;  and  was 
Acting  Governor  at  the  time  of  his  death,  which  was  occasioned  by  a 
fall  from  the  deck  of  a  steamer,  at  Fort  Benton.  July  I,  1867. 

79  1856.     Great  Meeting  in  behalf  of  Kansas  :  Gen.  Samuel 
C.  Pomeroy  spoke. 

80  1857.     Piper's  Theatre  opened. 

The  first  lessee  was  VVyzeman  Marshall.  A  large  audience  attended 
on  the  opening  night.  An  address  written  by  A.  Wallace  Thaxter  was 
spoken  by  Miss  Mary  Hill.  The  play  was  /ngomar,  followed  by  the 
farce  of  J/v  J/usfiant/'s  Afirrffr.  This  theatre  would  seat  1 200.  It  was 
closed  in  1866  or  7,  and  the  interior  remodeled.  It  is  now  the  Front 
Street  Exchange. 

February  10. 

8 1  1857.     Dr.  Isaac  I.  Hayes  lectured  on  Lift  in  the  Arctic 
Regions. 

February  u. 

82  1770.     "In  memory  of  Capt.  Palmer  Goulding  senior,  who 
died  at  Holden  Febry  y«  n*  A.  D.  1770,  in  y«  75*  year  of 
his  age.     He  Commanded  a  Company  at  y*  Reduction  of 
Louisburg  June  y*  17th  A.  D.  1745. 

Representative  to  the  General  Court,  1741.  Selectman  six  years.  Just 
previous  to  the  organization  of  the  town,  he  built  the  house  long  occu- 
pied by  Gouldings,  which  stood  on  Front  street,  east  of  the  Common." 
—Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

83  1823.     Worcester  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Co.  incorporated. 

February  12. 

84  1677.     Second  Indian  Deed  signed. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  21 

"The  right  of  Pannasunet,  a  sagamore  who  had  not  subscribed  to  the 
former  instrument  of  conveyance,  [see  under  date  July  13.]  was  pur- 
chased of  his  heirs  and  relatives." — Lincoln'}  History. 

85  1840.     Democratic  celebration  of  the  election  of  Marcus 
Morton,  by  one  vote  Governor  of  Massachusetts. 

At  Brinley  Hall.  Isaac  Davis  was  chairman,  and  Dr.  Henry  Bigelow. 
secretary.  Addresses  were  made  by  George  Bancroft  and  Benjamin  K. 
Hallett  of  Boston;  and  Pliny  Merrick  of  Worcester. 

Marcus  Morton  became  Governor  by  the  action  of  one  honest  Whig 
on  the  returning  board,  namely :  Charles  Allen  of  Worcester. 

86  1868.     "Distinguished  visitors.     The  Superior  (criminal) 
Court  was  honored  yesterday  morning  by  the  presence  of 
Maj.  Gen.  Sickles  and  Gen.  Cochrane  of  his  staff.    The  Court 
took  a  recess  for  half  an  hour,  and  the  members  of  the  bar 
were  presented  to  the  visitors  by  Judge  Devens." — Spy,  Feb- 
ruary ij,  1868. 

February  13. 

87  1783.     Highway  Robbery. 

Mr.  Jonathan  Lynde  of  Petersham,  while  on  his  way  to  Worcester,  was      (/ 
robbed  in  a  most  daring  manner  by  a  footpad,  within  a  mile  of  the 
meeting  house,  on  the  road  to  Paxton.     The  amount  taken  was  $90. 

88  1815.     "When  the  news  of  PEACE  reached  this  town,  on 
Monday  last,  it  was  received  by  all  with  the  utmost  transports 
of  joy.  The  high  degree  of  public  gratification  was  immediately 
demonstrated  by  a  salute  of  eighteen  guns  in  each  quarter  of 
the  town,  and  the  ringing  of  bells." — Spy,  Wednesday,  Febru- 
ary 75,  1815. 

February  14. 

89  1861.     Ebenezer  Mower  died,  aged  100  yrs.  and  4  ms. 
"Mr.  Mower  was  a  remarkable  man  to  remember  events;   he  could 
recollect  the  raising  of  the  Old  South  Church  in  1763,  when  he  was  but 
a  little  more  than  three  years  old.     He  recollected  the  marching  of  the 
minute-men  under  Capt.  Bigelow  in  1775.  and  his  death  in  1790.     As    _ 
hjsjather  was  a  loyalist,  he  never  engaged  in  the  struggle  of  the  Rev- 
olution, although  it  was  his  wish  to  do  so.   In  the  election  of  President 

D 


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the  November  before  his  death,  and  when  he  was  past  100,  he  attend- 
ed meeting  and  cast  his  vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln."— Mersey's  History. 

February  15. 

90  1816.     Fire  at  Adams  Square. 

House,  wheelwright's  shop  and  barn  of  Nathaniel  Flagg,  2d,  and  Jon- 
athan Knight's  store  were  burned.  Loss  $2,000. 

February  16. 

91  1858.     Benefit  to  Arbuckle. 

Fiske's  Cornet  Band  gave  a  concert  for  the  benefit  of  the  leader,  M. 
Arbuckle. 

Matthew  Arbuckle.  the  distinguished  cornet  player,  was  a  musician 
in  a  British  regiment  stationed  in  Canada;  and  deserted  to  the  United 
States  in  1854.  He  came  to  Worcester  in  1857,  and  was  leader  of  the 
band  here  for  two  or  three  years.  He  died  in  1883. 

92  1860.    Lecture  by  Mrs.  Sara  J.  Lippincott,  otherwise  Grace 
Greenwood. 

93  l%73-     William  A.  Wheeler  died,  aged  74. 

Mr.  Wheeler  came  to  Worcester  from  Brookfield  more  than  forty  years 
before,  and  began  a  business  which  developed  the  extensive  foundry 
and  machine  shops  on  Thomas  street,  the  first  of  the  kind  in  the  city. 
He  was  the  first  president  and  a  benefactor  of  the  Mechanics'  Associa- 
tion. 

February  17. 

94  1846.     County  Peace  Convention  in  Brinley  Hall. 

February  18. 

95  1815.     Destructive  Fire. 

The  house,  store  and  merchandise  of  Samuel  Brazer;  the  office  of  Re- 
joice Newton;  The  houses  of  Sewall  Hamilton  and  Maj.  Enoch  Flagg; 
and  the  bake  house  of  Enoch  and  Elisha  Flagg  were  all  consumed. 
These  buildings  were  on  the  west  side  of  Main  street,  opposite  the 
present  location  of  the  Bay  State  House  and  Waldo  Block.  The  loss 
was  $10,000.  The  inhabitants  subscribed  $2,700,  and  $  i  ,800  was  raised 
elsewhere  for  the  relief  of  the  sufferers. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  23 

February  19. 

96  1831.     Worcester  County  Historical  Society  incorporated. 

This  society  was  formed  "for  the  purpose  of  collecting  and  preserving 
all  materials  necessary  for  compiling  a  full  account  of  the  history,  stat- 
istics and  geography  of  the  county."  Hon.  John  Davis  was  president. 
This  society  was  short-lived,  and  left  few  results. 

97  1844.     Methodist  Church  burned. 

On  the  corner  of  Exchange  and  Union  streets.  This  was  the  first  Meth- 
odist church  erected  in  Worcester. 

98  1861.  Hon.  Hannibal  Hamlin,  Vice-President  elect,  passed 
through  Worcester  on  his  way  to  Washington. 

About  4000  persons  assembled  at  the  Western  railroad  station  to  greet 
Mr..Hamlin  as  he  passed  through  on  the  10  A.  M.  train.  He  made  a 
brief  address  in  response  to  their  calls. 

99  1861.     B.  P.  Shillaber,  author  of  Mrs.  Partingfon,  read  a 
'poem  entitled  "Life's  Bright  Side,"  in  Washburn  Hall. 

February  20. 

100  1879.     Genevieve  Ward  appeared  in  the  historical  drama 
of  yane  Shore. 

February  21. 

10 1  1842.     Elihu  Burritt  delivered  the  first  lecture  eve*  given 
before  the  Mechanics'  Association. 

/tf'T*^ 

102  Stephen  S.  Foster's  farm  sold  for  non-payment  of  taxes. 
Mr.  Foster  refused  to  pay  his  taxes  because  his  wife  was  not  allowed  to 
vote.     The  property  comprised  65  acres  of  land  and  buildings,  and  was 
sold  to  Osgood  Flummer  for  gioo.  and  afterwards  redeemed. 

The  sale  was  first  advertised  to  take  place  on  the  2Oth,  at  which  time 
the  Smith  sisters,  of  Glastonbury.  Conn.,  were  present. 

February  22. 

103  1800.     Funeral  honors  to  Washington. 

At  II  A.  M.  a  procession  numbering  700.  including  250  school  boys 
from  8  to  1 8.  was  formed  at  the  Court  House  and  marched  to  the  Old 
South  Meeting  House,  the  pulpit  of  which  was  draped  with  black  broad- 
cloth. An  impressive  oration  was  delivered  by  the  Rev.  Aaron  Ban- 
croft. 


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104  1836.     "In  Memory  of  Capt.  Simeon  Duncan,  who  died 
February  22,  1836,  aged  80  years. 

Was  private  in  Capt.  Benjamin  Flagg's  company,  April  19,  1775.  Also 
a  private  in  Capt.  William  Gates's  company,  Sept.  4,  1 776.  Enlisted 
and  was  bombardier  in  Col.  Thomas  Craft's  regiment  of  artillery.  He 
marched  to  Hadley  on  the  alarm  at  Bennington,  with  Capt.  David 
Chad  wick's  company,  Aug.  28,  1777." — Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Bur- 
ial Grounds. 

February  23. 

105  1817.     Death  of  Hon.  Francis  Blake. 

One  of  the  most  distinguished  lawyers  of  his  time.  He  was  born  in 
Rutland,  Mass.,  Oct.  14,  1774;  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1789; 
studied  law  with  Hon.  John  Sprague  of  Lancaster,  and  practised  in 
Rutland;  removed  to  Worcester  in  1802.  He  was  a  State  Senator  in 
I.MO-I  j.  and  Clerk  of  the  Courts  from  1816  to  his  death.  He  delivered 
the  4th  of  July  orations  in  Worcester  in  1796  and  1812,  which  were 
printed.  Mr.  Blake  possessed  all  the  qualiiications  of  a  true  orator.  He 
married  Eliza  A.  Chandler. 

106  1818.   Worcester  County  Agricultural  Society  incorporated. 

107  1840.     Signor  Blitz,  the  distinguished  magician  and  ven- 
triloquist, gave  an  entertainment  in  Brinley  Hall. 

February  24. 

1 08  1827.     Paper  mill  of  Elijah  Burbank  burned. 

At  Quinsigamond.  The  fire  was  caused  by  spontaneous  combustion  of 
cotton  waste.  Loss  $$00. 

February  25. 

109  1775.     Capt.  Brown  and  Ensign  De  Bernicre  in  Worcester. 
"Capt.  Brown  of  the  53d,  and  Ensign  De  Bernicre  of  the  loth  regiment 
were  ordered  by  Gen.  Gage  [Wednesday.  22  Feb.]  to  make  an  expedi- 
tion, examine  the  roads,  note  the  distances  from  town  to  town,  sketch 
positions  of  the  streams,  heights,  passes,  and  posts;   and  collect  such 
topographical  information  as  would  be  useful  for  the  advance  of  a  de- 
tachment.    The  report  of  their  journey,  made  by  the  latter  officer,  was 
found  after  the  evacuation  of  the  metropolis.     They  left  Boston  clis- 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  25 

guised  as  countrymen,  without  uniform,  and  passed  through  Cambridge. 
Watertown,  and  by  Framingham  to  Shrewsbury  on  the  old  road." — 
Lincoln's  History. 

See  2  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  iv.  204;    History  of  Worcester  by  William 
Lincoln. 

no       1835.     Fire  Department  established. 

The  Chief  Engineers  have  been:  Isaac  Davis,  1835-6;  Nathan  Heard, 
1837-9;  Henry  W.  Miller.  1840-44;  Joel  Wilder,  1845-9;  Erastus  N. 
Holmes,  1850-54;  L.  W.  Sturtevant.  1855-8;  Samuel  A.  Porter,  1859; 
L.  R.  Hudson.  1860;  Alzirus  Brown,  1861-65;  A-  B-  I'Ovell.  1866-8; 
R.  M.  Gould.  1869-71;  Simon  E.  Combs.  1872  to  the  present  time. 

February  26. 

in        1835.     Powder  explosion  :  4  men  killed,  5  injured. 

The  accident  was  the  result  of  the  premature  firing  of  a  blast  near  the 
deep  cut  on  the  railroad. 

112  1842.     First  Issue  of  the  "Worcester  Waterfall  and  Wash- 
ingtonian  Delegate." 

A  paper  in  the  interest  of  the  Washingtonian  temperance  movement. 
established  by  Jesse  W.  Goodrich.  It  was  united  with  the  "Cataract" 
in  1843. 

February  27. 

113  1849.     Laurel  Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  dedi- 
cated. 

114  1874.     Daniel  Pratt,  the  Great  American  Traveller,  "de- 
livered a  brief  but  impassioned  address  to  a  small  audience, 
[at  the  Western  R.  R.  station]    in  which  he   declared  his 
chances  for  the  presidency   in    1876  were  improving  every 
day."— Spy,  Feb.  28. 

February  28. 

115  1746.     Day  of  fasting  and  prayer  for  a  minister. 

Great  difficulty  was  experienced  in  procuring  a  successor  to  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Burr;  and  considerable  time  elapsed  before  a  choice  was  made. 
A  day  of  fasting  and  prayer  was  observed,  "to  implore  the  divine  di- 
rection in  the  church's  leading  in  the  choice  of  a  person  to  be  or- 
dained." 


26  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

1 1 6       1854.     Mad  Dog  excitement. 

A  dog  supposed  to  be  rabid  ran  through  Main  street,  biting  .horses  and 
attacking  several  persons.  It  was  killed  near  the  City  Hall. 

1 1  7       1868.     Murder  of  Joseph  G.  Clark. 

He  was  a  professional  gambler,  and  occupied  rooms  in  the  third  story 
of  Union  Block,  where  the  deed  was  committed.  The  murderers,  Silas^ 
and  Charles  T.  James,  brothers,  were  apprehended  the  next  day,  and' 
were  executed  for  the  crime  the  25th  of  the  following  September. 

February  29. 

118  1848.     Worcester  incorporated  a  City. 

March  i. 

119  1736.     Bounty  for  wolves. 

"Voted  that  whosoever  Shall  Kill  any  grown  wolf  within  ye  Bounds  of 
Worcester  from  ye  Tenth  Day  of  march  Current  to  ye  Tenth  Day  of 
march  in  ye  year  1736-7,  Shall  be  Intitled  to  a  reward  of  Four  pounds, 
and  for  a  wovls  whelp  other  than  Such  as  Shall  be  taken  out  of  ye  Belly 
of  any  Bitch  wolf,  ye  Sum  of  Twenty  Shillings,  to  be  payd  by  ye  Town 
of  Worcester,  the  heads  to  be  proceeded  with  agreeable  to  an  act  of 
the  (Jeneral  Court,  page  259  of  ye  province  Law  Book." — Early  Records 
of  Worcester. 

1 20  1795.     Vice- President  John  Adams  visited  Worcester. 
John  Adams  was  master  of  the  Latin  Grammar  School  in  Worcester 
from  1755  to  1758.  and  during  this  time   studied  law  with  the  Hon. 
James  Putnam.     His  diary  contains  many  interesting  passages  descrip- 
tive of  his  life  in  Worcester,  and  of  some  of  the  persons  with  whom 
he  became  acquainted.     On  the  24th  of  April,  1 756,  the  future  States- 
man and  President  penned  the  following  passage  in  his  journal : 

"  But  I  have  no  books,  no.  time,  no  funds.     I  must  therefore  be  con- 
tented to  live  and  die  an  ignorant,  obscure  fellow !" 

1 2 i  1872.    Victoria  C.  Woodhull  delivered  a  lecture  in  Mechan- 
ics Hall,  to  an  audience  of  400. 

Subject:  "The  Impending  Revolution." 

122  1878.     "Count  Joannes"  as  Richard  III.  at  the  Theatre. 
A  large  and  enthusiastic  audience  attended.     The  entire  performance 
was  a  farce.     Wads  of  paper,  crackers,  cabbages  and  other//-////  were 
thrown  upon  the  stage,  and  confusion  prevailed. 


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March  2. 

123  1761.     "Voted  That  the  Selectmen  at  the  Charge  of  the 
Town  take  proper  care  for  preserving  ye  growth  of  ye  Trees 
sett  out  about  the  meeting  House  for  Shades  by  Boxing  them 
&  that  the  Inhabitants  be  desired  not  to  Tye  their  Horses  to 
them." — Worcester  Town  Records. 

124  1798.     First  Water  Act. 

"The  Legislature  passed  'an  Act  authorizing  Daniel  Goulding  to  con- 
duct water  in  subterraneous  pipes  from  a  certain  spring  in  his  own  land, 
within  the  Town  of  Worcester,  for  the  accomodation  of  himself  and 
some  other  inhabitants  of  the  said  Town.'  By  the  terms  of  this  Act  the 
Selectmen  were  authorized  to  take  water  from  these  pipes  for  the  ex- 
tinguishment of  fires;  and  in  this  small  way  the  first  water  supply  was 
provided  for." — Report  of  Committee  on  rebuilding  Lynde  Brook  Dam. 

March  3, 

125  1740.     "Voted  that  ye  Northrly  part  of  the  Town  Comonly 
Called  North  Worcester  agreeable  to  ye  Pertition  Line  former- 
ly Run  be  Set  of  a  Distinct  &  Seperate  Township  if  it  be  ye 
pleasure  of  ye  grate  &  General  Court  in  Consideration  of  Their 
grate  Distance  from  ye  place  of  public  worship."— Early  Rec- 
ords of  Worcester. 

This  territory  was  incorporated  as  the  town  of  Holden. 

126  1740.     "Worcester,  march  3d.   1740.      we  ye  Subscribers 
being  Inhabitants  of  ye  Town  of  Worcester  Protest  against  ye 
Proceedings  of  ye  Town  meeting  now  held  in  ye  meeting  house 
in  this  Town  for  that  the  Determination  of  ye  Selectmen  of 
Said  Town  Concerning  Voters  in  Said  meeting  is  not  accord- 
ing to  ye  Laws  of  this  Province  in  that  Case  made  and  provided 
but  they  have  totally  Excluded  us  tho'  Qualified  according  to 
Law.  Joseph  Dyar,  the  mark  x  of  Jezeniah  Rice, 
the  mark  x  of  Samuell  Dunkin,  william  Johnson,  Danil  Dun- 
kin,  Thomas  Richardson,  Joseph  Temple." — Early  Records 
of  Worcester. 

This  is  the  first  of  a  series  of  protests  entered  upon  the  Records  by  Jo- 
seph Dyer,  an  eccentric  character  who  combined  the  occupations  of 


28  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

lawyer  and  shopkeeper.  For  twenty  years  he  continued  to  interpose 
his  objections  to  the  proceedings  of  the  town,  refusing  to  bear  his  bur- 
den of  taxation,  which  could  only  be  collected  through  process  of  law. 
Finally,  in  1759,  he  was  committed  to  jail  for  the  non-payment  of  a 
fine,  where  he  remained  five  years,  obstinately  refusing  all  offers  of 
accommodation.  In  1 764  the  sum  necessary  for  his  liberation  was  raised 
by  subscription ;  and  he  was  forcibly  ejected  from  the  jail,  protesting 
as  he  went.  While  in  confinement  he  compiled  a  dictionary  of  the 
English  language,  which  was  afterwards  published.  For  a  more  ex- 
tended account  of  him,  see  History  of  Worcester  by  William  Lincoln. 

127  1862.      Rebel  Generals  Buckner  and  Tilghman   passed 
through  Worcester  on  their  way  to  Fort  Warren,  under  guard 
of  six  soldiers. 

Simon  Bolivar  Buckner  was  a  graduate  of  West  Point,  and  served 
with  gallantry  in  the  Mexican  war.  He  entered  the  Confederate  ser- 
vice, and  commanded  a  brigade  at  Fort  Donelson.  and  after  the  flight 
of  his  superior  officers,  surrendered  that  stronghold  with  16.000  men  to 
Gen.  C-rant.  Feb.  16.  1862.  He  was  confined  in  Fort  Warren  until  the 
following  August,  when  he  was  exchanged  and  again  entered  upon  ac- 
tive duty.  He  finally  surrendered  with  Kirby  Smith's  army  at  New 
Orleans  in  1865. 

Lloyd  Tilghman  was  a  native  of  Maryland,  born  in  1816.  He  grad- 
uated at  West  Point;  served  in  the  Mexican  war;  and  became  a  general 
in  the  Confederate  army.  He  commanded  at  Fort  Henry  when  that 
post  surrendered  to  Flag-Officer  Foote,  Feb.  6,  1862.  After  his  ex- 
change, Tilghman  was  ordered  to  Mississippi,  and  was  killed  in  the 
battle  of  Baker's  Creek,  May  16.  1863. 

March  4. 

128  1803.     "ADDRESS   PRONOUNCED   AT   WORCESTER, 
(MASS.)  March  tfh,  1803.     BY  LEVI  LINCOLN,  junior, 
A.  B.     Published  by  the  unanimous  request  of  the  Company 
engaged  in  the  Celebration.     Printed  at  Worcester  by  Sewall 
Goodridge.  1803." 

This  address  was  intensely  Republican  in  sentiment,  and  severe  in  its 
denunciation  of  Federalism. 

129  1829.     First  issue  of  the  Worcester  County  Republican. 
Established  by  Jubal  Harrington  as  a  Jacksonian  Democratic  Weekly 
Journal.    It  was  merged  in  the  Palladium  in  1839.    Ben :  Perley  Poore, 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  2Q 

the  well  known  Washington  correspondent,  was  an  apprentice  in  the 
office  of  this  paper  in  1837. 

130  1846.     Worcester  County  Medical  School  opened. 

131  1861.     Blondin  performed  on  the  tight-rope  at  the  theatre. 

132  1863.     Gen.  John  E.  Wool  and  Staff  arrived  from  Nashua. 

They  remained  in  Worcester  over  night  as  the  guests  of  Col.  John  \V. 
Wetherell. 

March  6. 

133  1843.     Old  Central  Exchange  burned. 

The  fire  began  in  the  brick  building  called  the  York  House,  on  the 
corner  of  Main  and  Market  (now  Exchange)  streets,  and  extended  to 
the  Central  Exchange  erected  by  the  Worcester  Bank  about  1804. 
This  building  was  occupied  by  the  Bank.  Post  Office,  and  two  print- 
ing offices. 

134  1853.     Third  (now  the  Main  Street)    Baptist  Church  or- 
ganized. 

March  7. 

r35       J774-     Resolution  not  to  use  Tea. 

"We  rest  assured,  that  however  attached  we  have  been  to  that 

truly  Detestable  herb,  we  can  firmly  resist  the  Charm,  and  thereby  con- 
vince our  enimys  in  Great  Britain  and  America,  that  However  artfull 
and  allureing  their  Snares  and  gilded  the  bait,  we  have  wisdom  to 
foersee.  and  Vertue  to  resist. 

"Therefor  Resolved  that  we  will  not  buy.  Sell,  use,  or  any  ways  be 
concerned  with  India  Teas  of  any  kind,  dutied  or  undutied  imported 
from  Great  Britain.  Holland  or  Else  where,  untill  the  unrightious  act 
imposing  a  duty  thereon  be  repealed,  the  former  on  account  of  the 
aforesaid  duty,  the  Latter  because  we  still  maintain  such  a  regard  for 
Great  Britain,  as  to  be  unwilling  to  promote  the  ipterest  of  a  rival." — 
Worcester  Town  Records. 

136  1804.     Worcester  Bank  chartered. 

March  8. 

137  1762.     Voted  to  build  a  New  Meeting  House. 

The  result  was  the  erection,  in  1763.  of  the  present  Old  South  Church. 

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•jO  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

March  9. 

138  1869.     Music  Hall  or  New  Theatre  dedicated. 

Now  the  Worcester  Theatre.  The  play  on  the  opening  night  was  The 
Lady  of  Lyons,  by  the  Boston  Theatre  Company. 

139  1878.     Col.  Robert  G.  Ingersoll  delivered  his  lecture  on 
"Skulls,"  in  Mechanics  Hall. 

March  10. 

140  1848.     The  Remains  of  Ex- President  John  Quincy  Adams 
passed  through  Worcester  to  Boston. 

The  funeral  train  made  a  short  stop  at  Washington  square,  where  some 
thousands  had  assembled.  Minute  guns  were  fired  and  bells  tolled. 
Ex-ljovernor  Levi  Lincoln  addressed  the  Congressional  Committee  in 
charge  of  the  remains,  and  the  Hon.  Isaac  E.  Holmes,  of  South  Caro- 
lina, replied  in  a  most  beautiful  and  eloquent  strain. 

141  1854.     Indignation  meeting  in  consequence  of  the  death 
of  Maj.  John  H.  Knight. 

He  was  formerly  station  master  at  the  Norwich  depot.  He  received  a 
fatal  contusion  on  the  head  by  falling  down  stairs,  as  was  alleged,  in  a 
saloon  at  Washington  square;  but  the  verdict  of  the  coroner's  jury  was 
that  his  death  was  caused  by  a  blow  from  a  heavy  weapon  in  the  hands 
of  some  unknown  person.  The  meeting  was  called  in  the  interest  of 
temperance,  and  to  take  measures  to  suppress  the  rum  traffic. 

March  n. 

142  1854.     Mass  Meeting  to  protest  against  the  passage  of  the 
Kansas- Nebraska  bill. 

At  the  City  Hall.  Speeches  were  made  by  Peter  C.  Bacon,  Rev.  Elam 
Smalley.  Dwight  Foster,  Charles  Allen,  Rev.  Horace  James,  Eli  Thayer 
and  Homer  B.  Sprague. 

143  1860.     Samuel  Jennison  died,  aged  72. 

He  was  for  thirty  years  cashier  of  the  Worcester  Bank';  twenty  years 
treasurer  of  the  Worcester  County  Institution  for  savings;  and  ten  years 
treasurer  of  the  State  Lunatic  Asylum :  also  treasurer  of  the  American 
Antiquarian  Society;  and  of  the  Corporation  of  Rural  Cemetery.  He 
was  an  antiquary  of  some  note.  His  residence  was  on  Pearl  Street. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  3! 

March  12.  • 

144  1828.     Central  Bank  incorporated. 

145  1830.     Worcester  County  Athenaeum  incorporated. 

The  intention  was  to  form  a  library  for  general  use.  Thirty-four  pro- 
prietors purchased  shares  at  $25  each,  and  organized  with  Rev.  George 
Allen  as  president;  Frederick  W.  Paine  as  treasurer;  and  William 
Lincoln,  secretary.  Some  thousands  of  volumes  were  collected;  but 
the  association  was  discontinued  after  a  few  years,  and  the  library 
turned  over  to  the  American  Antiquarian  Society. 

146  1868.      Concert  by   Leopold   De   Meyer,    with    Madame 
Gagzaniga,  Signer  Ardarani,  Bernhard  Listemann  and  Samuel 

"Warren. 

March  13. 

147  1802.     Gov.  Caleb  Strong  in  Worcester. 

He  arrived  from  Boston  on  Saturday  the  I3th.  remained  over  Sunday, 
and  departed  on  Monday  for  his  home  in  Northampton. 

Caleb  Strong  was  Governor  of  Massachusetts  from  1800  to  1807; 
and  from  1812  to  1816.  He  had  previously  been  a  Justice  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  and  United  States  Senator.  He  was  an  ultra  Federalist, 
and  entered  into  the  wellnigh  treasonable  actions  of  his  party  during 
the  last  war  with  Great  Britain.  Fortified  by  a  decision  of  the  Chief 
Justice,  he  refused  to  comply  with  President  Madison's  requisition  for 
troops,  and  openly  defied  the  Government  at  Washington.  Practically, 
this  was  nullification :  the  doctrine -of  secession  had  previously  been 
proclaimed  by  a  Massachusetts  Representative  in  Congress.  Governor 
Strong  died  November  yth.  1819,  aged  74. 

148  1883.     Dr.  Damrosch  and  Orchestra,  with  Teresa  Carreno 
and  Isadora  Martinez  gave  a  Grand  Concert  in  Mechanics 
Hall. 

The  most  finished  orchestral  performance  ever  listened  to  in  Worcester. 

March  14. 

149  1737-     "Whearas  much  damige  hath  been  Don  by  black 
birds,  blew  Jays  and  wood  peckers  by  Taring  up  Indian  Corn 
&  Devouring  y6  Same  in  ye  fields,  &c.,  therefore 


•j 2  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK.    ' 

"Voted  that  Every  person  belonging  to  this  Town  that 
Shall  from  the  first  Day  of  april  to  the  last  Day  of  may  next 
Kill  any  black  birds,  and  for  one  year  next  coming  who  Shall 
Kill  any  wood  Peckers  or  blew  Jays  &  bring  the  heads  thereof 
to  y*  Town  Tresurer,  Town  Clerk  or  either  of  ye  Selectmen 
Shall  be  Intitled  to  a  Premiam  or  Reward  of  three  pence  for 
Each  head,  producing  a  Certificate  thereof,  &  that  ye  Same 
be  Consumed  to  ashes."—  Early  Records  of  Worcester. 

150  1861.     Orson  N.  Heath  lectured  in  Mechanics  Hall  on 
"Success  in  Life." 

Heath  kept  the  Poetical  Exchange,  a  second-hand  furniture  store,  un- 
der the  Bay  State  House,  Exchange  street  side. 

151  1874.     Remains  of  Charles  Sumner  passed  through  Wor- 
cester. 

3000  persons  assembled  at  Washington  square.  Bells  were  tolled 
while  the  funeral  train  was  within  the  city  limits. 

March  15. 

152  1848.     Gen.  Sam  Houston  in  Worcester. 

Gen.  Houston  of  Texas  arrived  from  Providence  in  the  afternoon,  and 
remained  at  the  American  House  about  an  hour,  during  which  time  he 
was  visited  by  numerous  citizens.  He  left  in  the  evening  on  the  steam- 
boat train  for  New  York. 

153  1867.     Dedication  of  the  new  Orphans'  Home. 

At  the  corner  of  Main  and  Benefit  streets.  The  old  Home,  which  was 
given  to  the  Children's  Friend  Society  by  John  W.  Lincoln,  was  on 
Shrewsbury  street,  east  of  the  Pine  Meadow  settlement. 

March  16. 

154  1751.     Order  to  build  a  new  Court  House. 

Dimensions  36  by  40  feet.  It  was  removed  on  wheels  to  the  present 
Trumbull  square  at  the  lower  end  of  Park  street,  about  1801,  and  con- 
verted into  the  mansion  long  occupied  by  the  late  George  A.  Trumbull. 

155  1842.     Sampson  V.  S.  Wilder  committed  to  jail  for  debt. 
Sampson  Vryling  Stoddard  Wilder  resided  in  Europe  for  many  years 
as  a  commercial  agent,  and  accumulated  a  large  fortune  with  which  he 


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returned  to  America,  and  retired  to  a  princely  estate  in  Bolton,  near 
his  birthplace.  Here  he  entertained  LaFayette  in  1824.  In  the  finan- 
cial crisis  of  1837  n's  wealth  was  suddenly  swept  away;  and  consequent 
troubles  followed,  which  finally  brought  him  to  Worcester  Jail,  a  pris- 
oner for  debt.  He  was  released  by  his  creditor,  June  14,  1842.  Mr. 
Wilder  was  a  man  of  public  spirit  and  generous  benevolence.  He  died 
at  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  in  1865,  aged  85. 

156  1873.     Heavy  Gale  :  staging  at  St.  Paul's  Church,  brick 
walls,  and  chimneys  in  different  parts  of  the  city  blown  down. 

March  17. 

157  1790.     "Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Deacon.  Jacob  Cham- 
berlain who  departed  this  life  March  ye  17th  1790  in  the  71*' 
year  of  his  age.     Who  fulfilled  the  office  of  a  Deacon  in  the 
Church  of  Christ  in  Worcester  for  about  28  years  with  Satis- 
faction to  the  Church  and  Honour  to  himself.     He  was  pos- 
sess'd  of  good  natural  Abilities  Useful  in  the  Society  of  which 
he  was  a  member  Instructive  and  entertaining  in  conversation 
Compassionate  to  the  afflicted  Given  to  hospitality — sound  in 
the  faith-   And  now,  we  trust,  has  entered  into  his  Eternal 
Rest. 

Deacon  Jacob  Chamberlain  was  born  at  a  place  called  Oak  Hill  in 
Newton,  Nov.  28,  1719.  He  married  Lydia  Stone  of  Newton  in  early 
life,  when  he  removed  to  Worcester  and  settled  on  the  farm  now  (1877) 
occupied  by  the  widow  of  the  late  Marshall  Flagg,  where  he  lived 
during  the  residue  of  his  life.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  nine  children, 
viz:  John.  Sarah.  Thaddeus,  Lydia,  Jacob,  Susannah,  Abigail.  Mary 
and  William.  By  a  second  wife  (widow  of  Abel  Hey  wood,  who  was 
son  of  Maj.  Hey  wood  of  ancient  memory  in  this  town)  he  had  one 
daughter,  Nancy. 

Deacon  Chamberlain  was  selectman  of  the  town,  1761.  A  tory  pro- 
tester of  1774,  numbered  among  the  internal  enemies  by  the  Com- 
mittee of  Correspondence  in  1775.  and  disarmed  by  that  committee." 
— Inscriptions  from^the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

158  1806.     Worcester  Turnpike  Company  incorporated. 
Air  line  to  Boston. 


34 


THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 


March  18. 

159  J776-     "CaP'-  James  Goodwin  &  Mr.  Daniel  Bigelow  Jur. 
was  Chosen  a  Committee  to  Inspect  the  behavior  of  such  per- 
sons as  tarry  in  the  meeting  House  on  Sabbath  Days  between 
meetings  and  if  they  shall  discover  any  misbehavior  that  they 
inform  lawfull  authority  of  the  same  that  offenders  may  be 
punnished." — Worcester  Town  Records. 

160  1825.    "In  Memory  of  Mr.  CURTIS  FOWLE,  who  died  March 
18,  1825,  aged  80. 

"An  Englishman  by  birth — came  to  this  Country — joined 
the  American  army  in  1775,  and  faithfully  served  during  the 
war. 

"He  married  Susannah  Shedd.  January  23,  1785. 

"From  the  SPY.  March  23,  1825.  'Died  i8th  inst.  Mr*  Curtis  Fowle 
aged  80.  He  was  an  Englishman  by  birth,  came  to  this  country  about 
the  year  1766,  on  board  a  British  Frigate,  from  which  he  deserted.  In 
'775  he  joined  the  American  Army,  in  which  he  faithfully  served  during 
the  whole  Revolutionary  war.'  " — Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial 
Grounds, 

March  19. 

161  1845.     Rev.  George  P.  Smith  installed  Pastor  of  the  Old 
South  Church. 

He  died  Sept.  3,  1852. 

162  18*57.     Mechanics  Hall  dedicated. 

The  exercises  began  at  2  p.  M.     Henry  S.  Washburn  delivered  an  ad- 
dress, followed  by  remarks  from  Lieut.  Gov.  Benchley.  Mayor  Rich- 
ardson, Ex-Gov.  Lincoln,  A.  H.  Bullock  and  others.     In  the  evening, 
there  was  a  concert  by  Adelaide  Phillips  and  the  Boston  Orchestral 
Union.  Carl  Zerrahn,  leader. 

In  1854  Ichabod  Washburn  gave  $10.000  towards  the  purchase  of 
land  and  the  erection  of  a  building,  and  an  equal  amount  was  sub- 
scribed by  others.  The  Waldo  lot  was  purchased  for  $30,000.  The 
total  cost  of  the  building  was  $140.  129,  51.  Elbridge  Boyden  was  the 
architect. 

March  20. 

163  1786.     "Voted  to  sell  the  Ministerial  and  School  Lands 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  35 

lying  east  and  near  Capt.  Palmer  Goulding's  and  that  it  be 
sold  at  Public  Vendue." — Town  Records. 

Timothy  Paine  Esq.,  Capt.  Samuel  Brooks,  Col.  Timothy  Bigelow,  Jo- 
seph Wheeler,  Esq..  and  Dr.  Elijah  Dix  were  chosen  a  committee  to 
sell  the  same,  and  were  empowered  to  execute  good  and  sufficient  deed 
or  deeds  to  the  purchasers.  "This  parcel  as  surveyed  out  by  Capt. 
John  Pierce,  May  5th.  1786,  contained  thirteen  and  one  quarter  acres 
and  twenty-three  rods;  and  the  [Mechanic  street]  burial  ground  lot 
was  selected  near  the  center  of  the  plot."  The  land  was  sold  in  lots 
as  follows:  "Lot  No.  I.  containing  I  3-4  acres  and  sum  rods,  sold  to 
Daniel  Colliding  for  the  sum  of  20  pounds;  lot  No.  2,  containing  121 
rods,  sold  to  Silas  Harrington  for  the  sum  of  19  pounds.  10  shillings, 
and  by  him  released  to  Jno.  Jacob  Wagoner  who  sold  ye  same  to  Jacob 
Miller,  ye  present  possessor;  lot  No.  3,  containing  110  rods,  sold  to 
Benj.  Converse  for  the  sum  of  20  pounds.  9  shillings,  which  his  guard- 
can  has  since  sold  to  Ignatius  Goulding;  lot  No.  4,  containing  82  rods 
sold  to  Nathan  Patch  who  foriited  his  earnest  money,  and  the  same  has 
since  been  sold  to  William  Colliding  for  the  sum  of  15  pounds.  10  shill- 
ings; lot  No.  5.  containing  5  3-4  acres  and  14  rods,  sold  to  Jonathan 
Cates  who  foriited  his  earnest  money,  and  the  same  has  since  been 
sold  to  Abel  Stowell  for  the  sum  of  27  pounds.  15  shillings;  lot  No.  6, 
containing  2  acres  and  58  rods,  sold  to  Ignatius  Goulding  for  the  sum 
of  42  pounds,  10  shillings." — Old  Burial  Grounds  of  Worcester. 

164  1855.     Concert  in  the  City  Hall  by  Paul  Julien,  Adelina 
Patti  and  August  Gockel. 

March  21. 

165  1861.     Great  Snowstorm  :  drifts  5  to  12  feet  high.     Two 
chimneys  on  Lincoln  House  blown  over,  breaking  through 
the  roof  of  a  room  where  servant  girls  were  sleeping. 

166  1873.     Joseph  Jefferson  as  Rip  Van  Winkle,  at  the  theatre. 

March  22. 

167  1814.  "To  the  memory  of  Col.  PHINEAS  JONES,  died  March 
22,  1814,  yEt.  66 

"Married  Katharine  Gates.  April  2ist.  1772.  Was  sergeant  in  Capt. 
David  Chadwick's  company  that  marched  to  Hadley  on  the  alarm  at 
Bennington.  Aug.  28,  1777. 


^ 6  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

"Was  chief  marshal  at  the  military  celebration  on  the  anniversary  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence  in  Worcester,  1789.  Selectman  in 
1796-7.  He  kept  the  Old  Jones  Tavern  near  New  Worcester." — In- 
scriptions from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

March  23. 

168  1827.    "In  Memory  of  Daniel  Clapp,  Esq.  who  died  March 
23,  1827,  aged  87. 

"Was  one  of  fifteen  jurors  who  refused,  April  19,  1774.  to  serve  under 
Chief  Justice  Peter  Oliver,  because  the  last  House  of  Representatives 
had  impeached  him  for  receiving  his  salary  from  the  English  Crown. 

"Was  Register  of  Deeds  from  1784  to  1816. 

'•He  lived  on  what  is  now  the  corner  of  Main  and  Park  streets" — 
Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

169  1857.      Frederick  Douglass  addressed  a  meeting  in  the 
City  Hall,  at  the  close  of  which  brief  remarks  were  made  by 
Capt.  John  Brown,  of  Kansas  notoriety. 

170  1868.     Charles  Dickens  read  his  Christmas  Carol  and  the 
Trial  from  Pickwick,  in  Mechanics  Hall. 

A  large  audience  was  present.     The  price  of  tickets  was  $2. 

March  24. 

171  1853.     Death  of  Benjamin  F.  Newton. 

Mr.  Newton  was  District  Attorney  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  pos- 
sessed  excellent  abilities  as  a  lawyer.  His  age  was  32. 

1 72  1878.     Death  of  the  Rev.  Seth  Sweetser,  D.  D. 

•  He  was  born  in  Newburyport,  March  15.  1807.  He  was  installed  pas- 
tor of  the  Central  Church  in  1838.  and  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life 
in  Worcester.  Dr.  Sweetser  was  an  Overseer  of  Harvard  College;  was 
connected  with  the  management  of  other  educational  institutions;  and 
was  a  prominent  member  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society. 

March  25. 

•73       *833.     Quinsigamond  Bank  incorporated. 

'74       1857.     John  Brown  addressed  a  meeting  in  the  City  Hall. 


FIRST  UNITARIAN  CHURCH. 

A.  I).   1883. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  37 

March  26. 

175  1851.     New  Unitarian  Church  dedicated. 

The  present  edifice  on  Court  Hill.  It  is  of  brick  covered  with  mastic 
in  squares  to  represent  stone  work,  and  cost  about  $25.000,  which  sum 
was  raised  by  the  sale  of  pews.  Joel  Wilder,  mason,  was  the  builder. 

176  1866.     Matilda  Heron  in  Camille,  at  the  Theatre. 

March  27. 

177  1860.     Free  Public  Library  opened. 

Accounts  were  opened  with  two  hundred  persons,  and  36  catalogues 
were  sold  on  the  first  day.  The  library,  at  this  time,  occupied  the  up- 
per story  of  Bank  Block.  Foster  street. 

March  28. 

178  1827.     Rev.  Alonzo  Hill  ordained. 

X79       J855'     P-  T.  Barnum  lectured  in  the  City  Hall  on  Money 
Making. 

i So       1876.     Old  Men's  Home  established. 
March  29. 

181  1728.     "Voted  that  ye  Incourigment  for  killing  of  Ratle 
Snakes  in  Sd  Town  Shall  be  three  pence  for  every  Ratle  Snakes 
Taile  or  ratle  So  killed  &  brought  to  one  or  more  of  ye  Select- 
men, who  are  directed  to  recive  ye  Same." — Early  Records. 

182  1861.     John  S.  Rarey,  the  Horse  Tamer,  with  his  cele- 
brated horse  Cruiser,  gave  an  exhibition  in  Mechanics  Hall. 

March  30. 

183  1876..    Lynde  Brook  Dam  carried  away  by  a  freshet. 

"Dams,  bridges,  mills,  roads  and  dwellings  were  swept  away;  but  no 

lives  were  lost About  5000  feet  of  the  Boston  &  Albany  R.  R. 

track  was  taken  off.  and  the  embankment  washed  away.    ...    At  one 
time  the  water  came  within  50  feet  of  the  Horse   Car  track   at  New 
Worcester."     The  aggregate  damages  paid  by  the  city,  including  the 
cost  of  the  new  dam.  amounted  to  $227,000. 
F 


38  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

March  31. 

184  1790.     Death  of  Col.  Timothy  Bigelow. 

He  was  born  in  Worcester,  August  12,  1739.  His  father,  Daniel  Big- 
elow, who  married  Elizabeth  Whitney,  came  from  Watertown,  and 
settled  in  the  south  part  of  Worcester,  now  included  in  Auburn,  where 
he  died  at  the  age  of  92.  Timothy  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade.  He 
became  an  ardent  patriot;  was  chosen  to  command  the  minute  men; 
and  marched  with  his  company  to  Cambridge  on  the  alarm,  April  19, 
1775.  He  was  a  volunteer  in  the  expedition  against  Quebec,  where  he 
was  made  a  prisoner.  He  was  appointed  to  command  the  I5th  Mass, 
regiment;  joined  the  northern  army,  and  assisted  in  capturing  Bur- 
goyne.  After  the  war  he  obtained  a  grant  of  land  in  Vermont,  and 
founded  the  town  of  Montpelier.  He  returned  to  Worcester  in  im- 
poverished circumstances,  and  died  while  a  prisoner  for  debt.  The 
entry  in  the  Jail  Book  is  that  he  was  discharged  "By  Detk."  See  un- 
der date  April  19. 

185  1857.     John  B.  Gough  lectured  in  the  New  Hall  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Mechanics  Association. 

The  largest  lecture  audience  that  had  ever  assembled  in  Worcester. 
5300.  was  realized. 

186  1871.     Worcester  Choral  Union  incorporated. 

187  1882.     Visit  of  the  Zuni  Indians. 

They  were  accompanied  by  Mr.  Frank  H.  Gushing  of  the  Smithsonian 
Institution;  and  numbered  six  chiefs  of  high  rank.  They  visited  the 
High  School,  Antiquarian  Hall,  the  Wire  Works  and  other  manufac- 
tories, and  the  Jail. 

1 88  1883.     Rev.  George  Allen  died,  aged  91  years,  2  months. 
He  was  born  in  a  house  that  stood  on  the  north  corner  of  Main  and 
School  streets,  February  i,  1792.     His  father,  the  Hon.  Joseph  Allen, 
was  Clerk  of  the  Courts  and  afterwards  a  Member  of  Congress;   his 
paternal  grandmother  was  a  sister  of  Samuel  Adams.     George  Allen 
graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1813;  was  minister  at  Shrewsbury  from 
1823  to  1840;  and  chaplain  at  the  State  Lunatic  Hospital  from  184010 
1872.     Mr.  Allen  took  part  in  the  anti-slavery  agitation,  contributing 
much  to  the  press,  and  writing  several  pamphlets  that  attracted  con- 
siderable attention.     He  was  the  author  of  the  celebrated  Free  Soil 
resolution  of  1848.  (See  under  dales  June  21  and  Dec.  5.)        He  was 
a  fine  scholar,  and  a  writer  of  wonderful  power. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  39 

April  i. 

189  1851.     First  Daily  Morning  Transcript. 

This  paper  had  no  connection  with  the  "Daily  Transcript"  published 
^1845.  Julius  L.  Clarke  was  the  first  editor.  It  was  at  first  neutral 
in  politics,  then  Whig,  and  finally  Republican.  The  name  was  changed 
to  "Worcester  Evening  Gazette."  Jan.  i.  1866.  The  several  editors  of 
the  "Transcript"  after  Mr.  Clarke,  were  Charles  E.  Stevens.  Edwin 
Bynner.  J.  B.  D.  Cogswell,  Z.  K.  Pangborn.  William  R.  Hooper  and 
Caleb  A.  Wall. 

190  1858.     Rufus  Choate  lectured  in  Mechanics  Hall  on  Ham- 
ilton and  Burr. 

191  1868.     Henry  W.  Shaw,  alias  Josh  Billings,  lectured  in 
Mechanics  Hall  on  Milk. 

192  1873.     First  issue  of  The  Worcester  Daily  Press. 

A  Democratic  Journal.  The  .last  number  was  dated  April  27.  1878, 
when  the  subscription  list  was  transferred  to  the  Spy.  This  enterprize 
was  disastrous  to  those  concerned;  and  several  prominent  Democrats, 
it  is  said,  were  "out  of  pocket"  $75.000  in  the  aggregate. 

19-3       1883.     Hon.  Isaac  Davis  died,  aged  83  years,  10  months. 

He  was  born  in  Northborough.  June  2,  1799.  He  graduated  at  Brown 
University  in  1822;  and  took  up  his  residence  in  Worcester  the  same 
year.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1825.  He  was  Chief  Engineer  of 
the  Fire  Department  in  1835;  State  Senator,  1844;  and  Mayor  in  1856, 
1858.  and  1861.  He  was  the  Democratic  candidate  for  Governor  in 
1846  and  1847;  ar|d  Delegate  to  all  the  National  Democratic  Conven- 
tions from  1828  to  1860.  He  acquired  large  wealth,  mostly  by  real 
estate  transactions. 

April  2. 

194  1731-     Worcester  County  incorporated. 
The  act  took  effect  the  loth  of  the  following  July. 

April  3. 

195  1865.     News  of  the  fall  of  Richmond  received. 

Bells  were  rung  and  100  guns  fired  on  the  Common  and  at  Quinsiga- 
mond;  the  State  Guards  paraded;  and  there  was  an  illumination  in  the 
evening. 


4O  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

April  4. 

196  1726.      First  Schoolmaster  hired :      "We  ye  Subscribers 
Doe  hearby  Covenant  &  agree  with  mr.  Jonas  Rice  to  be  ye 
Schoole  master  for  Sd  Town  of  Worcester  and  to  teaclj  Such 
Children  &  Youth  as  any  of  y6  Inhabitents  Shall  Send  to  him  : 
to  read  &  to  write  as  ye  Law  Directs,  &c  :     And  to  keep  Such 
Schoole  untill  ye  fifteenth  Day  of  December  next  Ensuing  ye 
Date  hearof :  Sd  Schoole  to  [be]  Supported  at  the  Towns 

Charge.  Nath11  Moore        ^ 

Daniel  Heywood  [    Selectmen 
Benja  Flagg  \of  Worcester." 

James  Taylor        J 

— Early  Records. 

197  1831.     Death  of  Isaiah  Thomas. 

He  was  born  in  Boston.  January  19.  1749.  The  Massachusetts  Spy 
was  established  by  him  in  1771,  and  became  the  organ  of  the  patriots. 
A  short  time  "before  the  battle  of  Lexington,  he  removed  his  press  and 
types  to  Worcester,  where,  after  the  war,  he  carried  on  the  most  ex- 
tensive publishing  business  in  the  country.  He  was  Postmaster  from 
1776  to  1801.  Founder  and  patron  of  the  American  Antiquarian  So- 
ciety; and  author  of  a  valuable  History  of  Printing. 

198  1879.      Edouard    Remenyi,    the    celebrated    violinist,    at 
Mechanics  Hall. 

199  1 88 1.    Sarah  Bernhardt  as  Marguerite  Gautier  in  Cam i lie, 
at  the  Theatre. 

Prices  of  seats,  Si,  $2  and  $3  according  to  location. 

April  5. 

200  1860.     Death  of  Hon.  Abijah  Bigelow. 

He  was  born  in  Westminster.  Dec.  5.  1775.  Graduated  at  Dartmouth 
College,  1795.  Represented  this  district  in  Congress  from  1810  to 
1815.  Clerk  of  the  Courts.  1817  to  1833.*  He  lived  for  many  years  at 
the  corner  of  Front  and  Church  streets,  in  the  house  recently  removed 
to  make  way  for  Jonas  G.  Clarke's  block. 

201  1872.     Escape  of  Sam  Ferris,  one  of  the  Grafton  Bank 
robbers,  from  the  Worcester  Jail. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  4! 

0 

Sam  Ferris,  otherwise  "Worcester  Sam"  was  awaiting  trial  for  robbing 
the  Grafton  Bank,  Oct.  25.  1870,  by  which  act  he  and  his  associates 
secured  $180.000.  Ferris  effected  his  escape  from  the  fourth  story 
window  at  the  north  end  of  the  jail,  forcing  the  bars  by  which  it  was 
guarded  with  a  powerful  jack  screw  furnished  by  confederates  outside, 
and  which  he  drew  up  with  a  rope.  He  then  let  himself  down  along 
the  dead  wall,  a  distance  of  80  feet.  He  has  never  been  recaptured. 

April  6. 

202  I???'  "Memento  mori 

Under  this  covring  sleeps 

the  mouldring  Bons 

Ah  -  tis  the  frail  Remains 

of  Capt^.  William  Jones 

On  April  6th  1777 

Death  him  Remov'd 

from  toils  of  Earth 

to  joys  of  Heaven. 

JEt  51 

"Generally  known  as  'Tory  Jones.'  Kept  a  tavern  on  what  is  now  Main 
street,  nearly  opposite  Chatham  street.  His  house  was  a  favorite  resort 
for  the  tories  of  Worcester  in  the  early  days  of  the  Revolution.  Capt. 
Jones  entertained  Capt.  Brown  and  Ensign  De  Bernicre  of  his  majesty's 
troops  ordered  here  by  Gen.  Gage  in  the  spring  of  1775.  [.See  No.  109] 
Gen.  Gage  at  that  time  contemplated  erecting  a  fortress  on  Chandler 
Hill.  William  Jones  married  Sarah  Curtis,  daughter  of  John  Curtis." 
— Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

April  7. 

203  1783.     "Whereas  a  number  of  persons  have  manifested  a 
disposition  to  Set  out  trees  for  Shades  near  the  Meeting  house 
&  elsewhere  about  the  Center  of  this  Town,  &  the  Town  be- 
ing desirous  of  encouraging  Such  a  measure  which  will  be 
beneficial  as  well  as  ornamental 

"Therefore  Voted,  that  any  person  being  an  Inhabitant  of 
this  Town,  who  shall  injure  or  destroy  such  trees  so  set  out, 
shall  pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty  shillings  for  every  of- 
fence, to  be  disposed  of  to  the  use  of  the  poor  of  the  Town." 
Worcester  Town  Records. 


42  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

204  1865.     Illumination  for  Union  victories. 

205  1874.     All  Saints  [Episcopal]  Church  burned. 

Pearl  street,  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  the  fine  stone  residence  built 
for  Dr.  Bull.  This  church  was  of  wood,  built  in  1847.  The  new  A11 
Saints  Church,  at  the  corner  of  Pleasant  and  Irving  streets,  was  conse- 
crated January  4th,  1877. 

April  8. 

206  1848.     First  City  Election. 

Ex-Gov.  Lincoln  and  Rev.  Rodney  A.  Miller,  "a  respected  Divine,  ran 
neck  and  neck"  for  the  office  of  Mayor.  Gov.  Lincoln  was  elected  by 
a  close  majority.  Following  is  a  list  of  Mayors  since  Lincoln:  Henry 
Chapin,  1849-50;  Peter  C.  Bacon.  1851-2;  John  S.  C.  Knowlton.  1853- 
4;  George  W.  Richardson,  1855  and  1857;  Isaac  Davis,  1856,  1858  and 
1861;  Alexander  H.  Bullock.  1859;  William  W.  Rice  in  1860;  P.Emory 
Aldrich,  1862;  D.  Waldo  Lincoln.  1863-4;  Phineas  Ball,  1865;  James 
B.  Blake.  1866-70;  Edward  Earle,  1871;  George  F.  Verry,  1872;  Clark 
Jillson.  1873,  1875-6;  Edward  L.  Davis,  1874;  Charles  B.  Pratt.  1877- 
9;  Frank  H.  Kelley.  1880-1;  Elijah  B.  Stoddard,  1882;  and  Samuel  E. 
Hildreth,  the  present  [1883]  incumbent. 

207  1853.     Rev.  Henry  Ward  Beecher  lectured  before  the  City 
Anti-Slavery  Society. 

208  1873.     Fanny  Janauschek  in  Chesney  Wold. 

April   9. 

209  1836.     Citizens  Bank  incorporated. 

210  1865.     News  of  Lee's  surrender. 

The  despatch  announcing  the  event  was  received  late  on  Sunday  eve- 
ning, and  loo  guns  were  immediately  fired  on  the  Common. 

April  10. 

211  1796.     "Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Major  William  Tread- 
well,  who  died  April  10,  A.  D.  1796,  Act  46. 

"He  enter'd  the  army  in  1775,  and  devoted  his  whole  time 
to  the  service  of  his  Country,  until  the  Independence  of 
America  was  secured,  he  ever  courted  the  field  of  battle,  & 
his  bravery  was  inclesputable. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  43 

"A  member  of  Capt.  Timothy  Bigelow's  company  of  minute  men  which 
left  Worcester,  April  19.  1775.  He  was  2d  lieutenant  in  Col.  Thomas 
Crafts'  regiment  of  artillery  in  the  same  year.  About  1783  the  Wor- 
cester Artillery  was  formed,  and  he  was  chosen  captain.  He  was  an 
original  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati." — Inscriptions  from 
the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

212  1865.     Celebration  of  Lee's  surrender. 

Business  was  generally  suspended.  Salutes  were  fired  in  different  parts 
of  the  city.  The  Fire  Department  and  other  organizations  paraded. 
There  was  a  general  illumination  in  the  evening. 

213  1873.     Anton  Rubinstein,  the  celebrated  pianist  and  com- 
poser, at  Mechanics  Hall. 

He  was  born  in  Russia  in  1829;  and  appeared  in  public  when  only 
eight  year%  old.  He  became  a  pupil  of  Villoing  at  Moscow  and 
Paris;  and  studied  composition  under  Dehn  at  Berlin.  He  was  for  a 
time  pianist  to  the  Grand-Duchess  Helena,  and  director  of  the  Russian 
Musical  Society.  In  concert  tours  through  Europe  and  the  United 
States,  he  achieved  a  grand  success. 

214  1876.     Worcester  Continentals  organized. 

They  first  paraded  in  public  at  the  Centennial  Celebration.  July  4,  1876. 

April  ii. 

215  1778.     "On  Saturday  last  arrived  in  Town,  and  on  Sunday 
proceeded  on  his  way  to  Newport,  where  it  is  said,  he  is  to 
be  exchanged  for  the  much  abused  Col.  Ethan  Allen,  Lieut. 
Col.  Campbell  of  the  yist  regiment." — Spy,  Thursday,  April 

16,  1778. 

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April  12. 

216  1773-     "Here  lies  inter'd  the  body  of  Major  Daniel  Hey- 
wood,  who  departed  this  life  April  12th  1773  in  ye  79th  year  of 

his  age.     He  was  an  early  settler  in  this  town  and  one  of  the        ,/ 
first  Deacons  of  the  church  in  this  Place,  in  which  office  he 
continued  to  the  day  of  his  Death.     This  monument  is  erect- 
ed at  the  desire  and  Expence  of  his  Grandson  &  Heir,  Dan- 
iel Hey  wood. 

Psalm  90 :  10 :    His  epitaph. 


44  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

"Was  son  of  Deacon  John  Heywood  of  Concord,  and  came  to  Wor- 
cester in  1718.  Married  for  his  first  wife  Hannah  Ward.  daughter_of 
Obediah  Ward.  Was  chosen  captain  of  the  first  military  company 
formed  in  the  town,  and  town  treasurer  in  1722.  Held  the  office  of 
Selectman  twenty  years,  between  1724  and  1753.  and  was  Town  Clerk 
in  1753.  Was  major  of  a  company  in  his  majesty's  service  that  marched 
to  the  defence  of  the  western  frontier,  August '8th,  1748." — Inscriptions 
from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

April  13. 

217  1731-     "Whearas  many  Small  Children  Cannot  attend  ye 
Schoole  in  ye  Center  of  ye  Town  by  Reason  of  ye  remotness 
of  their  Dwellings  and  to  ye  intent  that  all  Childfin  may  have 
ye  benefite  of  Education,  &c. 

'.'Voted  that  a  Suitable  number  of  Schoole  Dames,  not  ex- 
ceeding five,  be  provided  by  ye  Selectmen  at  ye  Charge  of  ye 
Town  for  ye  teaching  of  Small  Childrin  to  read,  and  to  be 
placed  in  ye  Several  parts  of  ye  Town  as  ye  Selectmen  may 
think  most  Conveinent,  and  Such  Gentlewomen  to  be  payd 
by  ye  pole  as  y-  Selectmen  &  they  may  agree." — Early  Rec- 
ords of  Worcester. 

218  1^67.  *  George  H.  Ward,  Post  10,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public chartered. 

April   14. 

219  1772.     "Here  lie  buried  the  remains  of  Lieut.  Luke  Brown, 
who  having  taken  the  infection  of  the  small  pox  at  New  York 
and  died  of  the  same  after  his  return  home,  viz:  April   14, 
1772.     Aged  58.     Buried  here  to  prevent  the  spread  of  the 
infection.  . 

Luke  Brown  came  to  Worcester  from  Sudbury  sometime  before  1750, 
and  kept  the  public  house  which  was  burned  Christmas  eve.  1824,  and 
which  stood  near  the  ancient  first  jail.  He  acquired  wealth  by  specu- 
lating  in  public  lands.  It  was  while  on  a  journey  to  New  York  for  the 
purpose  of  purchasing  the  town  now  called  Newfane,  in  Vermont,  that 
he  caught  the  small  pox.  His  body  was  buried  on  the  north  side  of 
the  Jo  Bill  road.  Report  says  that  he  had  few  friends,  was  avaricious 
and  procured  his  property  not  perhaps  by  the  most  honorable  means. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  45 

"In  the  French  war  he  was  lieutenant  of  a  detachment  of  men  from 
Col.  John  Chandler's  regiment  under  Capt.  John  Curtis,  that  marched 
to  the  relief  of  Fort  William  Henry  in  1 759." — Inscriptions  from  the 
Old  Burial  Grounds. 

220  i82o.     Death  of  Hon.  Levi  Lincoln,  senior. 

He  was  born  in  Hingham.  May  15.  1749.  Came  to  Worcester  in  1775; 
Clerk  of  the  Courts  in  1775;  and  Judge  of  Probate  from  1777  to  1781. 
He  became  a  member  of  both  branches  of  the  Legislature;  and  in 
1800  was  elected  to  Congress.  He  was  Attorney  General  of  the  United 
States,  1801-5;  Lieutenant  Governor  of  Massachusetts.  1807-8;  a:nd' 
became  Governor  in  consequence  of  the  death  of  Gov.  Sullivan  in  1809. 
He  was  the  father  of  a  distinguished  family. 

221  1861'.     News  of  the  fall  of  Fort  Sumter. 

The  anxiously  awaited  tidings  were  received  on  Sunday  evening,  and 
great  excitement  prevailed.  Spy  extras  were  disposed  of  to  the  crowd 
as  fast  as  they  could  be  printed  for  several  hours. 

April  15. 

222  1865.     Death  of  President  Lincoln. 

The  dispatch  announcing  the  assassination  was  received  about  midnight, 
and  the  citizens  were  aroused  from  their  beds  by  the  tolling  of  bells. 
News  of  the  President's  death  was  received  early  in  the  morning.  The 
City  Council  met  at  7,  and  after  consultation  a  public  meeting  was 
called,  which  gathered  in  Mechanics  Hall  at  10.  Hon.  A.  H.  Bullock 
presided,  and  the  exercises  were  of  a  religious  character.  Stores  and 
dwellings  wete  draped,  and  manifestations  of  mourning  were  general. 

223  1869.         First  performance  in  Worcester,   of  Theodore 
Thomas's  Orchestra. 

April  16. 

224  1 86 1.     First  War  Meeting. 

In  the  City  Hall,  presided  over  by  the  Mayor.  Hon.  Isaac  Davis.  Ad- 
dresses were  made  by  distinguished  citizens,  and  "the  meeting  was 
unanimous,  hearty  and  enthusiastic." 

225  1872.     Memorial  observance  of  the  death  of  Samuel  F.  B. 
Morse,  inventor  of  the  Telegraph. 

In  the  Council  Chamber,  City  Hall.  A  sketch  of  Prof.  Morse,  written 
by  Rev.  George  Allen,  was  read  by  Col.  John  D.  Washburn. 

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46  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

April  17. 

226  1828.     Worcester  County  Institution  for  Savings  organized. 

227  1848.     First  City  Government  inaugurated. 

228  1861.     Departure  of  the  Worcester  Light  Infantry  for  the 
seat  of  war. 

The  Light  Infantry  belonged  to  the  Sixth  Regiment,  hut  were  with  the 
detachment  that  passed  safely  through  Baltimore  at  the  time  of  the 
riot.  April  igth,  and  proceeded  directly  to  Washington.  The  time  of 
their  service  was  mostly  spent  in  Maryland.  They  arrived  home  on  the 
1st  of  August. 

April  18. 

229  1864.     Departure  of  the  5  yth  Regiment. 

This  regiment  participated  in  the  Batfle  of  the  Wilderness;  spent  the 
summer  before  Petersburg;  and  were  engaged  in  numerous  minor  en- 
counters until  the  close  of  the  war.  It  was  mustered  out  in  August, 
1865. 

April  19. 

230  1774.     The  Grand  Jury  refused  to  serve  under  Chief  Jus- 
tice Peter  Oliver,  who  was  charged  with  high  crimes  and  mis- 
demeanors by  the  House  of  Representatives. 

The  Grand  Jury  presented  a  remonstrance  to  the  Court;  but  upon  be- 
ing assured  that  the  Chief  Justice  would  not  attend,  were  sworn  and 
performed  their  duty. 

23*       J775'     11°  men  marched  from  Worcester  on  the  alarm  at 
Lexington. 

"Before  noon,  on  the  igth  of  April,  an  express  came  to  the  town, 
shouting,  as  he  passed  through  the  street  at  full  speed,  'to  arms !  to 
arms!  war  is  begun!'  His  white  horse,  bloody  with  spurring,  and 
dripping  with  sweat,  fell  exhausted  near  the  church.  Another  was  in- 
stantly procured,  and  the  tidings  went  on.  The  bell  rang  out  the  alarm, 
cannon  were  fired,  and  messengers  sent  to  every  part  of  the  town  to 

collect  the  soldiery In  a  short  time  the  minute  men  were 

paraded  on  the  green,  under  Capt!  Timothy  Bigelow;  after  fervent 
prayer  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Maccarty.  they  took  up  the  line  of  march.  They 
were  soon  followed  by  as  many  of  the  train  bands  as  could  be  gath- 
ered, under  Capt.  Benjamin  Hagg." — Lincoln's  History. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  47 

232  1833.     Death  of  Dr.  William  Paine. 

He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Hon.  Timothy  Paine,  horn  in  Worcester,  June 
5,  1750.  Was  educated  in  England;  a  loyalist  in  the  Revolution; 
and. was  appointed  Apothecary  to  the  forces  in  America.  After  the 
war  he  resided  in  the  British  Provinces,  and  on  the  death  of  his  father, 
returned  to  Worcester.  "He  possessed  extensive  professional  learning 
and  refined  literary  taste,  and  was  equally  respected  as  a  physician  and 
a  citizen." 

233  I854.     Death  of  Hon.  John  Davis. 

Was  born  in  Northhorough,  Jan.  13,  1787.  Graduated  at  Yale  College 
in  1812;  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1815.  A  Member  of  Congress  from 
1825  to  1833;  Governor,  1833-5  anc^  '841-3;  and  United  States  Senator, 
1835-41,  and  1845-53.  He  was  popularly  known  as  "Honest  John 
Davis." 

234  1861.     Dedication  of  the  monument  to  Col.  Timothy  Big- 
elow,  on  the  Common. 

The  monument  was  erected  by  Timothy  Bigelow  Lawrence  of  Boston, 
a  great-grandson  of  the  revolutionary  hero.  A  military  and  civic  pro- 
cession paraded  the  streets;  a  salute  was  fired;  and  at  the  monument 
addresses  were  made  by  T.  B.  Lawrence,  Esq.,  Mayor  Davis,  Ex-Gov. 
Lincoln,  Rev.  Andrew  Bigelow,  n.  D.  and  Hon.  John  P.  Bigelow  of 
Boston,  (grandsons  of  Col.  Bigelow,)  Hon.  B.  F.  Thomas;  and  the 
venerable  Tyler  Bigelow  of  Watertown,  a  nephew  of  Col.  Bigelow. 

April  20. 

235  l859-     Hon.  Carl  Schurz  lectured  in  the  City  Hall. 

236  1861.     Departure  of  the  Third  Battalion  of  Rifles. 

Made  up  of  the  Worcester  City  Guards,  the  Emmet  Guards,  and  the 
Holden  Rifles;  the  battalion  commanded  by  Major  Charles  Devens. 
They  were  on  duty  about  Baltimore  most  of  their  time  of  service,  and 
arrived  home  on  the  2d  of  August. 

April  21. 

237  1830.     $2,500  voted  by  the  Town  to  purchase  land  for  the 
State  Lunatic  Hospital. 

238  1848.     Mechanics  Bank  incorporated. 


48  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

April  23. 

239  1865.     Memorial  Discourse  on  Abraham  Lincoln  by  Rev. 
Seth  Sweetser,  D.  D. 

This  Discourse  was  printed. 

April  24. 

240  1775.     John  Hancock  and  Samuel  Adams,  delegates  to  the 
Continental  Congress,  arrived  in  Worcester. 

They  remained  two  days  waiting  for  a  suitable  escort  to  Philadelphia. 
A  letter  written  by  Hancock  at  this  time,  is  printed  in  the  "Hundred 
Boston  Orators,"  page  92. 

April  25. 

241  1871.     Trinity  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  dedicated. 

April  26. 

242  1845.     Worcester  Aqueduct  Company  organized. 

This  Company  was  incorporated  Feb.  28,  1845,  f°r  tne  P"rPose  of  con- 
structing and  maintaining  an  aqueduct,  to  conduct  water  from  Bladder 
Pond  for  the  use  of  the  town.  Stephen  Salisbury,  Isaac  Davis,  Willinm 
A.  Wheeler,  Henry  W.  Miller  and  Samuel  Davis  were  the  Committee 
of  Managers.  The  right  and  property  of  this  company  were  purchased 
by  the  city,  June  8,  1848. 

243  1852.     Visit  of  Louis  Kossuth. 

He  arrived  at  4.30  p.  M.  from  Springfield,  and  was  received  with  ring- 
ing of  bells  and  firing  of  cannon;  flags  and  decorations  were  displayed. 
Kossuth  rode  in  procession  to  the  Common,  where  he  was  introduced 
to  the  people  by  Mayor  Bacon  at  the  speakers'  stand,  and  made  a  very 
eloquent  address.  He  also  addressed  a  meeting  at  the  City  Hall  in  the 
evening. 

April  27. 

244  1861.     An  effigy  of  Jeff.  Davis  was  discovered  hanging  at 
the  corner  of  Main  &  Elm  streets. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  49 

April  28. 

245  1789.     "On  Tuesday  last,  the  first  piece  of  Corduroy  made 
at  the  manufactory  in  this  town  [on  School  street]  was  taken 

*  from  the  loom." — Spy,  Thursday,  April jo,  ij8<). 

246  1846.     Church  of  the  Unity  dedicated. 

247  1873.     Gipsies  warned  to  depart  the  town. 

In  the  ancient  times  in  New  England  it  was  the  custom  upon  the  ap- 
pearance of  strangers  within  the  town,  for  the  constable  to  order  them 
to  depart  forthwith.  This  salutary  method  was  revived  by  Mayor  Jill- 
son,  who  proclaimed  that  "Whereas,  it  has  been  customary  in  years 
past  for  large  numbers  of  wandering  vagrants,  known  as  'Gipsies,'  to 
camp  in  the  suburbs  of  the  city,  without  any  visible  purpose  except 
'plunder';  therefore  in  view  of  this  great  annoyance,  and  the  liability 
that  diseases  dangerous  to  public  health  may  break  out  in  some  of  these 
camps,  they  are  ordered  to  forthwith  leave  the  city."  This  action  was 
criticized  as  being  high-handed  and  unconstitutional;  but  the  Mayor 
took  the  responsibility,  and  the  Ciipsies  went. 

April  29. 

248  1790.     "Last  Thursday  in  the  afternoon,  the  Hon.  John 
yay,  Esq.,  Chief  Justice  of  the  United  States,  arrived  in  this 
Town,  and  the  next  morning  sat  out  for  Boston."— Spy,  Thurs- 
day, May  6,  1790. 

249  1846.     Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale  ordained  Pastor  of  the 
Church  of  the  Unity, 

He  was  dismissed  July  27,  1856. 

250  1861 .     $3000  voted  by  the  City  Council  to  aid  enlistments. 
To  be  expended  in  uniforms  and  equipments. 

April  30. 

251  1814.     Rev.  Samuel  Austin,  D.  D.  brought  suit  to  recover 
Ministerial  Land  sold  by  the  Town. 

Judgment  was  rendered  for  the  demandant,  but  was  released  by  the 
Parish. 


50  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

May  i. 

252  1837.     The  Town  voted  to  receive  its  portion  of  the  sur- 
plus revenue  of  the  United  States. 

The  first  instalment  amounted  to  over  $6,000.  Of  the  whole  amount, 
$7,000  was  paid  towards  the  debt  of  the  town,  and  Main  street  was 
paved  with  part  of  the  remainder. 

253  1840.     "  HARRISONISM  IN  WORCESTER. 

"Harrisonism  exhibited  itself  in  this  Town  on  Friday  of  last 
week,  in  a  manner  that  has  inflicted  a  lasting  disgrace  upon 
the  party.  It  was  expected  that  a  large  number  of  delegates 
to  the  Whig  Convention  at  Baltimore  would  pass  through  town 
that  afternoon  ;  and  accordingly  certain  prominent  men  of  the 
Harrison  party  made  preparation  to  give  them  a  welcome,  af- 
ter the  established  form  in  which  Harrisonism  now  exhibits  its 
hospitality.  They  took  a  barrel  of  hard  cider,  highly  charged, 
it  is  said,  with  brandy,  and  mounted  it  conspicuously  in  the 
Depot  building  of  the  Boston  &  Worcester  Railroad.  A  pole 
was  stuck  into  the  bunghole,  across  the  top  of  which  was  a 
signboard  bearing  the  conspicuous  inscription —  'HARD  CIDER  ; 
Help  Yourselves.'  And  underneath  was  hung  a  miserable 
mockery  of  our  national  flag — a  Harrison  pocket  handker- 
chief. Hard  crackers  and  cheese  flanked  the  sides  of  the 
barrel,  and  a  noisy  dandy  negro  officiated  as  master  of  cere- 
monies. The  cars  having  been  delayed  on  the  road  two  hours 
beyond  their  time,  and  the  cider  having  circulated  freely  in 
the  meantime,  among  the  devotees,  old  and  young,  of  the 
'hard  cider  candidate,'  the  'Harrison  enthusiasm'  had  got  to 
so  high  a  pitch  when  the  cars  came  in  that  it  burst  forth  as 
though  Pandemonium  had  let  loose  its  masses.  Prominent 
Whigs  were  screaming  'hard  cider'  at  the  top  of  their  voices  ; 
pails  of  it  were  thrust  into  the  cars,  along  with  broken  cheese 
and  baskets  of  crackers,  where  it  was  caught  up  by  Whig  dan- 
dies in  kid  gloves,  with  as  much  apparent  delight  as  the  caged 
leasts  in  a  menagerie  seize  tKeir  daily  allowance  of  refuse 
meat."—  Worcester  Palladium,  Wednesday,  May  6,  1840. 


NOTEWORTHY   EVENTS.  5! 

254  1844.     Quinsigamond  Lodge,  No.  43,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  instituted. 

The  first  Lodge  chartered  in  Worcester.  Other  Lodges  are  Worcester, 
No.  56;  Central,  No.  168,  formed  Sept.  17,  1874;  and  Ridgely,  No.  112. 

255  1 86 1.     Home  Guards  organized. 

Consisting  of  the  honorary  and  past  members,  and  the  friends  of  the 
Worcester  Light  Infantry.  The  officers  were :  Captain,  D.  Waldo  Lin- 
coln; First  Lieut.,  Henry  W.  Conklin;  Second  Lieut.,  W.  A.Williams; 
Third  Lieut.,  Putnam  W.  Taft;  Fourth  Lieut.,  Ivers  Phillips;  Clerk, 
R.  M.  Gould.  This  company  was  composed  mostly  of  elderly  men,  and 
performed  escort  duty,  attended  soldiers'  funerals,  etc.,  until  replaced 
by  the  State  Guards  in  1863. 

May  2. 

256  1818.     Death  of  William  Charles  White. 

Actor,  dramatist,  and  lawyer,  born  in  Boston  in  1777.  He  appeared 
at  the  Federal  Street  Theatre,  Boston,  in  1796,  as  Norval.  ,  He  wrote 
"Orlando,"  a  tragedy,  some  minor  poems  and  plays,  and  two  or  three 
novels.  In  1801,  he  left  the  stage,  and  turned  his  attention  to  the  law. 
Removed  to  Worcester  where  he  edited  the  National  jF.gis  for  a  time; 
and  in  1811,  was  appointed  County  Attorney.  He  published  a  Com- 
pendium of  the  Laws  of  Massachusetts  in  3  vols.,  and  two  orations. 

257  1825.     Town  Hall  dedicated. 

An  address  was  delivered  by  Hon.  John  Davis.  The  cost  of  the  build- 
ing was  about  $10,000.  It  has  been  enlarged  and  several  times  re- 
modeled. 

May  3. 

258  1850.     Explosion  in  the  Mayor's  office. 

An  attempt  was  made  about  midnight  to  blow  up  the  building  on  Main 
street,  near  Sudbury,  in  which  was  the  office  of  Mayor  Chapin,  by  means 
of  a  6  inch  hand  grenade.  The  concussion  was  very  severe;  the  door 
of  the  office  was  broken  to  fragments,  and  a  piece  of  the  shell  went 
through  the  brick  wall  in  the  rear,  while  the  building  was  considerably 
shattered.  This  outrage  was  one  result  of  the  temperance  agitation,  in 
which  Mayor  Chapin  had  taken  a  prominent  part;  and  the  principal  in 
the  affair  was  Jubal  Harrington,  quondam  Postmaster,  and  editor  of  the 
Republican,  who  had  promised  to  give  the  Free  Soilers  and  Temperance 


52  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

Agitators  "hell  and  scissors."     Harrington  forfeited  his  bonds  and  fled 
to  California,  where  he  became  a  judge  and  a  man  of  consequence. 

259  I775-     First  issue  of  The  Massachusetts  Spy  in  Worcester. 
The  Spy  was  issued  from  the  press  in  Worcester  after  a  suspension  of 
three  weeks,  during  which  time  Mr.  Thomas,  with  the  aid  of  General 
Joseph  Warren  and  Colonel  Timothy  Bigelow,  effected  the  removal  of 
his  establishment  from  Boston.     This  number  contains  an  account  of 
the  Battle  of  Lexington,  in  which  the  publisher  took  part.      The  first 
impression  is  in  possession  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society,  and 
bears  Mr.  Thomas's  certificate  that  it  was  the  first  thing  ever  printed 
in  Worcester. 

260  1811.     "On  Friday  last,  Caleb  Jephterson  was  exposed  in 
this  town  in  the  Pillory,  for  one  hour  and  an  half,  pursuant  to 
his  sentence,  upon  three  several  convictions,  for  the  odious 
and  detestable  crime  of  Blasphemy." — Spy,  Wednesday,  May 
8,  1811, 

May  4. 

261  1750.     [From  the  Warrant  for  a  Town  Meeting,  May  4th, 
1 750  :  "For  y6  Town  to  Come  into  Some  method  that  People 
may  Sit  in  y*  Seats  [in  the  meeting  house]  assigned  to  pre- 
vent Disorders  &  that  they  dont  put  themselves  too  forward."] 
"Voted  that  ye  late  Seators  give  Tickitts  to  Such  People  who 
have  not  taken  their  Seats  properly  according  to  ye  Last  Seat- 
ing directing  them  to  Sit  whear  they  ought  to  prevent  Disor- 
der and  fill  up  properly  any  Pews  latley  built  according  to  y6 
Design  of  ye  Town  in  making  the  Grants."—  Early  Records. 

May  5. 

262  1779.     Lemuel  Burnham  and  Joshua  Mossman  were  pub- 
licly whipped  forty  stripes  each,  for  passing  counterfeit  money. 

May  6. 

263  I6S7-     The  first  grant  of  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Worcester 
was  made  by  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts  to  Increase 
Nowell  of  Charlestown,  and  comprised  3,200  acres. 


NOTEWORTHY   EVENTS.  53 

264  1844.     Convention  of  those  opposed  to  the  annexation  of 
Texas. 

At  the  Town  Hall.  Hon.  Solomon  Strong  of  Leominster  was  presi- 
dent. Resolutions  condemnatory  of  the  course  of  the  administration 
were  adopted.  Hon.  Charles  Allen  made  an  address;  and  additional 
resolutions  were  offered  by  Rev.  George  Allen. 

May  7. 

265  1872.     Rum  Sellers  celebrate  their  victory  by  a  street  pa- 
radte. 

On  the  question  "Shall  any  person  be  allowed  to  manufacture,  sell,  or 
keep  for  sale,  ale,  porter,  strong  beer,  or  lager  beer  in  this  city,"  the 
vote  stood,  yes,  2143;  no,  2115.  In  the  evening,  all  the  liquor  shops 
closed  doors  at  an  early  hour.  A'  band  of  music  in  a  wagon  followed 
by  a  large  and  noisy  crowd,  went  through  some  of  the  principal  streets. 
Bonfires  were  kindled  in  different  parts  of  the  city,  and  some  riotous 
conduct  was  manifested. 


May  9. 

266  1775-     "May  10. — The  commanding  officer  at  Cambridge 
has  given  leave  to  the  regulars  who  were  taken  prisoners, 
either  to  go  to  Boston  and  join  their  respective  regiments,  or 
have  liberty  to  work  in  the  country  for  those  who  will  employ 
them.     In  consequence  of  which,  those  who  were  confined  in 
Worcester,  Massachusetts,  fifteen  in  number,  heartily  request- 
ed to  be  employed  by  the  people,  not  choosing  to  return  to 
their  regiments  to  fight  against  their  American  brethren,  though 
some  of  them  expressed  their  willingness  to  spill  their  blood 
in  defence  of  their  King  in  a  righteous  cause.     They  all  set 
out  yesterday  for  different  towns."— Pennsylvania  Journal, 
May  24,  1775. 

267  1862.     Anna  E.  Dickinson  lectured  in  Washburn  Hall. 
Her  first  appearance  in  Worcester. 

268  1873.      Home  for  Aged  Females  dedicated. 

H 


54  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

May  10. 

269  1828.     The  Town  voted  to  purchase  the  Pine  Meadow 
Burial  Ground. 

This  lot  comprising  eight  acres  was  bought  of  Samuel  Hathaway  for 
Sioo  per  acre.  No  interments  were  made  here' of  late  years;  and  since 
1870,  all  the  bodies  have  been  removed  to  other  places. 

May  n. 

270  1801.     Oliver  Ellsworth  passed  through  Worcester  on  his 
return  from  France. 

Ellsworth  was  prominent  in  the  revolutionary  councils  of  Connecticut, 
and  a  member  of  the  Convention  for  framing  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States.  He  served  as  Senator  from  1789  to  1795,  when  he  was 
appointed  Chief  Justice  by  President  Washington.  In  1799,  he  was 
associated  with  William  R.  Davie  and  William  Vans  Murray,  to  adjust 
the  differences  with  France.  He  was  born  in  1745,  and  died  in  1807. 

271  1829.     Death  of  Stephen  Salisbury,  senior. 

He  came  to  Worcester  from  Boston  before  the  Revolution,  and  opened 
a  store  just  north  of  Lincoln  square,  in  the  ownership  of  which  his 
brother  Samuel,  who  carried  on  the  business  in  Boston,  was  concerned. 
The  Salisbury  mansion,  at  the  head  of  Main  street,  was  erected  by  them. 

May  12. 

272  1842.     Car  manufactory  of  Bradley  and  Rice  burned. 
At  Washington  square.     Loss,  $20,000. 

273  1860.     Reception  to  Hon.  Isaac  Davis,  on  his  return  from 
the  Charleston  Convention. 

Col.  Davis  was  a  delegate  to  the  National  Democratic  Convention  at 
Charleston,  South  Carolina;  and  was  firm  in  his  allegiance  to  Stephen 
A.  Douglas.  On  his  arrival  home  he  was  received  at  Washington  sqr. 
by  the  Worcester  Light  Infantry  and  National  Band,  with  a  large  body 
of  citizens,  and  escorted  to  his  residence,  where  he  was  addressed  by 
George  W.  Bentley  and  made  an  appropriate  reply. 

May  13. 

«74       1726.     "Voted  that  Thanks  be  returned  to  y6  Honrbl  Adam 
winthrop,  Esqr.  for  his  bounty  in  bestowing  a  Cushing  on  ye 


NOTEWORTHY   EVENTS.  55 

Town  as  furniture  for  y°  pulpit.  ..and  that  ye  Town  Clerk  pre- 
sent his  Honr.  a  Coppy  of  Sd  vote." — Early  Records. 

275  1856.     Edward  Everett  delivered  his  Oration  on  Washing- 
ton, in  the  City  Hall. 

"After  the  sectional  warfare  of  opinion  and  feeling  reached  a  dangerous 
height,  anxious  if  possible  to  bring  a  counteractive  and  conciliating  in- 
fluence into  play I  devoted  the  greater  part  of  my  time  for 

three  years  to  the  attempt  to  give  new  strength  in  the  hearts  of  my 
countrymen  to  the  last  patriotic  feeling  in  which  they  seemed  to  beat 
in  entire  unison, — veneration  and  love  for  the  name  of  Washington, 
and  reverence  for  the  place  of  his  rest.  With  this  object  in  view,  I 
travelled  thousands  of  miles,  by  night  and  by  day,  in  midwinter  and 
midsummer,  speaking  three,  four,  and  five  times  a  week,  in  feeble 
health,  and  under  a  heavy  burden  of  domestic  care  and  sorrow,  and 
inculcating  the  priceless  value  of  the  Union  in  precisely  the  same  terms 
from  Maine  to  Georgia  and  from  New  York  to  St.  Louis." — Public 
Speech  of  Mr.  Everett. 

The  Mount  Vernon  Fund,  collected  through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Everett 
and  which  was  applied  to  the  purchase  of  Washington's  home  estate, 
amounted  to  nearly  $100,000. 

276  1864.     People's  Savings  Bank  incorporated. 

277  1879.     August  Wilhelmj,  the  renowned   violinist,  at  Me- 
chanics Hall. 

May  14. 

278  1872.     Deacon  Benjamin  Butman  died,  aged  85. 

He  was  a  native  of  Worcester,  and  began  mercantile  life  in  i£o8  as  a 
clerk  in  the  drug  store  of  George  Brinley,  in  Boston.  He  commenced 
business  in  Worcester  in  1816  or  17  as  a  dealer  in  West  India  goods. 
He  retired  in  1836;  built  Butman,  Brinley  and  Warren  blocks;  and 
became  a  heavy  real  estate  owner.  President  of  the  Central  Bank, 
1829-36;  also  president  of  the  Citizens'  Bank.  About  1812,  he  pur- 
chased 45  acres  of  land  bounded  by  Mam,  Pleasant,  Newbury  and 
Chandler  streets,  for  which  he  paid  $7,000. 

May  15. 

279  1667.     Capt.  Daniel  Gookin,  Capt.  Edward  Johnson,  Sam- 
uel Andrew  and  Andrew  Belcher,  were  ordered  by  the  Gen- 


5  6  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

eral  Court  to  take  an  exact  view  of  "a  place  about  10  miles 
westward  of  Marlborrow  called  Quandsicamond  ponds,"  and 
to  make  report  "whether  it  be  capable  to  make  a  village,"  etc. 
In  their  report  the  committee  stated :  '-Wee  conceue  therre  may  bee 
enough  medow  forr  a  small  plantation  orr  towne  of  about  thirrty  fam- 
ilies," and  if  certain  former  grants  were  annexed,  "it,  may  supply 
about  sixty  families." 

280  1851.     Mechanics  Savings  Bank  incorporated. 

281  1851.     Ralph  Waldo  Emerson  lectured  on  the  Fugitive 
Slave  Law. 

282  1 861 .     Charlotte  Cushman  as  Meg  Merrilies,  at  the  theatre. ' 
Miss  Cushman  died  Feb.  18,  1876,  in  her  6oth  year. 

May  16. 

283  1791.     Two  shocks  of  an  earthquake  in  this  and  neigh- 
boring towns. 

284  1832.     In  the  SPY  of  this  date  the  selectmen  are  criticized 
for  licensing  "a  company  of  strolling  actors  calling  themselves 
Circus  Riders,  to  exhibit  their  fooleries  here"  ;  and  it  further 
says  :  "Who  does  not  know  that  no  one  gets  any  good  by  at- 
tending such  exhibitions  ? — That  by  going  there  he  encour- 
ages idleness,  cruelty  and  vice  ?     It  is  hoped  that  this  is  the 
last  time  we  shall  be  troubled  with  such  unwelcome  visitors." 

285  1874.     Col.  James  Estabrook  died,  aged  77. 

He  was  horn  in  Holden,  and  came  to  Worcester  in  1829,  when  he  en- 
gaged in  the  grocery  business  with  Gen.  Nathan  Heard  at  the  old 
"(jreen  Store,"  on  Main  street,  nearly  opposite  the  Court  House.  Sub- 
sequently he  was  in  business  in  Boston.  He  was  an  Alderman  of  Wor- 
cester in  1848-9;  and  Sheriff  of  the  County,  1851-2.  He  possessed 
large  wealth,  the  result  of  careful  investments  in  real  estate. 

May  17. 

286  1806.     "ERECTED  in  memory  of  MR.  LEMUEL  RICE  ALt.  66. 
and  MR.  LUKE  RICE  Ml.  62.  who  died  within  15   minutes  of 
each  other  on  May  17,  1806.     Brothers  which  were  united  in 
life  and  not  divided  in  death. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  57 

"Lemuel  Rice  was  private  in  Capt.  David  Chadwick's  company  that 
marched  to  Hadley,  Aug.  28,  1777.  Jailor  from  1788  to  98.  His 
daughter  married  Benjamin  Russell,  editor  of  the  Boston  Columbian 
Centinel" — Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

May  18. 

287  1767.     Instructions  to  Joshua  Bigelow,  senior,  Represent- 
ative to  the  General  Court :     "That  you  use  your  Influence 
to  obtain  a  law  to  put  an  End  to  that  unchristian  and  Impol- 
itick  Practice  of  making  Slaves  of  the  Humane  Speices  in  this 
Province  and  that  you  give  your  vote  for  none  to  serve  in  his 
Majestys  Council  who  you  may  have  Reason  to  think  will  use 
their  Influence  against  such  a  Law  or  that  Sustain  any  office 
Incompatible  with  such  Trust  and  in  such  Choice  Prefer  such 
Gentleman  only  who  have  Distinguished  themselves  in  the 
Defence  of  our  Liberty." — Worcester  Town  Records. 

288  1773.     Declaration  of  Rights  approved. 

This  Declaration  is  printed  in  the  Collections  of  The  Worcester  Society 
of  Antiquity,  Vol.  iv.,  page  203. 

289  1854.     J.  S.  Orr,  alias  "Angel  Gabriel,"  with  his  brazen 
trumpet,  collected  a  crowd,  and  began  the  delivery  of  a  "No 
Popery"  harangue,  when  he  was  arrested  by  the  police  for 
disturbing  the  peace,  and  locked  up.     A  large  and  excited 
crowd  gathered  about  the  Common,  where  Dexter  F.  Parker 
made  a  speech  "full  of  sound  and  fury,"  as  the  Spy  has  it; 
followed  by  others.     The  assemblage  soon  became  violent : 
stones  were  thrown,  one  hitting  Sheriff  George,  VV.  Richard- 
son on  the  head ;  and  a  rescue  of  the  prisoner  was  threat- 
ened.    Finally,  the  City  Guards  were  ordered  out,  and  the 
rioters  dispersed. 

"Gabriel"  was  a  Scotchman,  Sandy  McSwish  by  name,  although  he 
called  himself  Orr  or  Horr.  His  father  was  of  the  Clan  Gordon.  Sandy 
was  born  on  the  Isle  of  Skye,  Sept.  3,  1809.  He  was  bound  apprentice 
to  a  weaver.  His  father  having  died,  his  mother  married  a  Baptist 
minister  named  Orr.  Sandy  joined  a  company  of  strolling  players; 
afterwards  was  a  Methodist  preacher;  and  then  came  to  America  and 
joined  the  Mormons.  After  following  various  avocations,  he  finally 


58  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

began  preaching  in  public  places  against  popish  authority  and  foreign 
influence.  He  had  a  horn  or  trumpet  which  he  blew  to  attract  an 
audience,  hence  the  name  "Gabriel."  He  acted  as  an  adjunct  to  the 
Native  American  or  "Know  Nothing"  party,  which  performed  a  praise- 
worthy service  in  annihilating  the  old  Whig  party. 

May  19. 

290  1783.     Protest  against  the  return  of  the  absentees  or  tories. 
Printed  in  the  Collections  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity,  Vol. 
IV.,  pp.  440-444. 

291  1877.     Hon.  Edward  Earle  died,  aged  67. 

He  was  born  in  Leicester;  came  to  Worcester  in  1832,  and  opened  a 
store  for  the  sale  of  flour,  on  Central  street.  Afterwards  was  in  the 
iron  trade  with  Joseph  Pratt,  from  which  he  retired  in  1848,  when  he 
sold  his  interest  to  F.  H.  Inman.  He  then  engaged  in  the  card  cloth- 
ing business  with  his  half-brother,  Timothy  K.  Earle,  from  which  he 
withdrew  a  fesv  years  before  his  death.  Mr.  Earle  was  chosen  Select- 
man, Representative  and  Alderman;  and  in  1871,  was  elected  Mayor 
to  serve  the  unexpired  term  of  James  G.  Blake.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Society  of  Friends. 

292  1878.     [Sunday]  D.  L.  Moody,  the  celebrated  Evangelist, 
preached  afternoon  and  evening  in  Mechanics  Hall. 

May  20. 

293  1724.     First  allotment  of  pews  in  the  meeting  house. 
See  Early  Records  of  Worcester,  Book  I.,  pp.  24-26. 

294  1852.     Worcester  Musical  Association  formed. 

This  organization  had  no  connection  with  the  present  Worcester  County 
Musical  Association.  It  existed  about  three  years. 

295  1861.     Dispatches  in  the  Telegraph  Office  seized  by  gov- 
ernment officials. 

Simultaneous  action  took  place  throughout  the  northern  states,  and 
considerable  treason  was  brought  to  light. 

296  1873.     A  house  on  Millstone  hill  was  taken  by  the  sheriff, 
by  virtue  of  a  warrant  from  two  justices  of  the  peace,  to  be 
used  as  a  hospital  for  small  pox  patients. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  59 

Considerable  opposition  to  this  action  was  manifested  in  the  Board  of 
Aldermen,  some  claiming  that  Mayor  Jillson  had  overstepped  his  au- 
thority in  seizing  private  property;  but  on  the  testimony  of  prominent 
physicians  that  the  exigencies  of  the  case  necessitated  prompt  measures, 
he  was  sustained.  At  this  time  there  were  75  cases  of  small  pox  in  the 
city,  knowledge  of  which  was  kept  from  the  public.  Happily,  the  mal- 
ady quickly  subsided,  and  the  building  was  not  used. 

May  21. 

297  1777.     "Here  lyes  interr'd  the  remains  of  Capt.  Daniel 
Ward,  who  departed  this  life  May  21"  1777,  in  the  77th  year 
of  his  age." — Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

Was  son  of  Obediah  Ward,  an  original  settler  of  Worcester.  Daniel 
built  a  house  opposite  the  Common,  which  he  sold  in  1750  to 'Sheriff 
Gardner  Chandler,  who  erected  on  the  spot  the  fine  mansion,  occupied 
later  by  Judge  Barton,  and  which  was  removed  to  make  way  for  Tay- 
lor's Building. 

298  1836.     First  Baptist  Church  burned. 

On  the  site  of  the  present  edifice,  east  of  the  Common.  This  church 
was  erected  in  1813.  The  fire  was  the  act  of  an  incendiary. 

299  1874.     Death  of  John  P.  Kettell. 

He  was  born  in  Boston  in  1797;  came  to  Worcester  in  1818,  and 
opened  a  shop  in  Lincoln  square  for  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  hats, 
caps,  furs,  etc.,  in  which  business  he  continued  until  his  death,  He 
occupied  successively  stores  in  Goddard's  Row,  Kutman  Block,  and 
Universalist  Church  building,  corner  of  Main  and  Foster  streets.  He 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Mechanics  Association,  Selectman,  and 
Deacon  of  the  First  Unitarian  Church. 

300  1878.     First  National  Dog  Show,  in  Mechanics  Hall. 

May  22. 

301  1801.     Lightning  struck  the  house  of  Judge  Edward  Bangs, 
on  the  east  side  of  Main  street,  opposite  the  Court  House, 
doing  considerable  damage  to  the  wood  work,  and  breaking 
two  large  looking  glasses. 

302  1821.     Rev.  Arsetius  B.  Hull  ordained  Pastor  of  the  Old 
South  Church. 

Mr.  Hull  died  in  Worcester,  May  17,  1826. 


6O  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

303  1852.     Hope  Cemetery  consecrated. 

The  City  Council  and  a  large  concourse  of  citizens  were  present.  Mayor 
Bacon  made  a  short  address,  detailing  the  reasons  for  the  purchase  of 
the  ground.  Prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  E.  E.  Hale,  and  Rev.  Elam 
Smalley  delivered  an  address.  The  exercises  closed  with  prayer  by 
Rev.  S.  Sweetser,  and  singing  by  the  choir. 

Hope  Cemetery  originally  comprised  50  acres,  and  was  purchased  in 
1851  for  ^1,855.     Additions  have  been  made  to  the  original  tract. 

May  23. 

304  1776.     "The  Town  voted  unanimously  that  if  the  Con- 
tinental Congress  should  declare  the  American  Colonies  in- 
dependent of  Great  Britain  that  they  will  support  the  measure 
with  their  lives  and  fortunes." — Worcester  Town  Records. 

May  24. 

305  1856.     Indignation  Meeting  in  consequence  of  the  assault 
on  Senator  Sumner. 

At  the  City  Hall.  J.  S.  C.  Knowlton  presided;  and  speeches  were 
made  by  P.  Emory  Aldrich,  Dr.  Cutler,  Judge  Allen,  Dexter  F.  Parker, 
J.  B.  D.  Cogswell  and  Rev.  Horace  James.  Resolutions  severely  con- 
demning the  outrage  were  adopted. 

May  25. 

306  1767.     Dwelling  house  of  James  Barber  burned. 

307  1861.     First  New  Hampshire  Regiment  passed  through 
the  city,  bound  for  the  seat  of  war. 

It  was  received  by  local  military  companies  and  escorted  to  Mechanics 
Hall,  where  a  welcome  was  extended  by  Mayor  Davis,  and  a  collation 
served. 

May  26. 

308  1876.     Samuel  J.  Frost  executed. 

For  the  murder  of  his  brother-in-law  at  Petersham  the  previous  July. 
When  the  drop  fell,  the  force  of  the  fall  was  so  great  that  the  rope  cut 
nearly  through  the  neck,  almost  severing  the  head  from  the  body. 


NOTEWORTHY   EVENTS.  6  I 

May  27. 

309  1845.     Laying  of  the  corner  stone  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Temple  street. 

310  1854.     Indignation  Meeting  in  consequence  of  the  seizure 
in  Boston  of  Anthony  Burns,  an  escaped  slave. 

At  the  City  Hall.  Speeches  were  made  by  W.  W.  Rice,  Dr.  O.  Martin, 
Thomas  Drew,  T.  W.  Higginson  and  S.  S.  Foster.  It  was  "voted  unan- 
imously to  lay  aside  business  Monday,  [this  meeting  was  on  Saturday 
evening]  and  proceed  to  Boston  en  masse  to  meet  the  friends  of  liberty 
.....  to  take  counsel  upon  the  emergencies  of  the  limes."  900  per- 
sons went  to  Boston  on  the  271)1;  and  on  Monday  the  29th,  there  was 
a  special  train  with  tickets  at  half-price,  of  which  a  large  number  availed 
themselves. 

May  28. 

311  1791.     "Saturday  night  last,  Stephen  Burroughs,  Stephen 
Cook,  Stephen  Cook,  Jun.  and  Simon  Wetherbee,  who  were 
confined  in  the  gaol  in  this  town,  effected  their  escape  by 
sawing  a  passage  for  themselves  through  the  grates  ...... 

One  hour  in  the  pillory,  thirty  stripes,  and  about  seven  weeks 
imprisonment  were  yet  due  to  Burroughs."  —  Spy,  Thursday, 
J^une  2, 


Burroughs  had,  for  immoralities  committed,  as  was  alleged,  in  Charlton 
where  he  was  teaching  school,  been  sentenced  to  receive  one  hundred 
and  seventeen  stripes  on  the  naked  back;  to  stand  two  hours  in  the 
pillory;  to  sit  one  hour  on  the  gallows  with  a  rope  around  his  neck; 
to  remain  confined  in  prison  three  months;  and  procure  bonds  for  his 
good  behavior  for  seven  years.  His  conviction  appears  to  have  been  un- 
warranted by  the  evidence,  which  was  questionable  and  slender,  while 
the  sentence  imposed  by  the  judges,  whose  minds  were  evidently  biased 
•  by  the  former  reputation  of  the  prisoner,  was  unreasonably  severe  and 
out  of  proportion  to  the  offence.  There  is  some  evidence  to  show  that 
the  public  sympathy  in  his  behalf,  openly  expressed,  was  finally  mani- 
fested in  a  practical  manner.  In  the  published  memoirs  of  Burroughs, 
the  statement  is  made  "that  many  people  in  the  vicinity  were  of  opin- 
ion that  he  was  too  severely  punished,  among  whom  were  some  of  the 
first  characters  in  the  county.  Burroughs  was  aware  of  this,  and  cher- 
ished secret  hopes  of  deliverance.  One  night  about  12  o'clock,  he  says 
I 


62  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

his  prison  door  was  forced  open,  and  he  was  requested  to  depart.  He 
walked  out,  and  passed  between  two  ranks  of  people  to  a  great  dis- 
tance; the  number  appearing  to  him  not  less  than  a  thousand.  All  this 
time  there  was  a  profound  silence;  and  he  departed,  ignorant  of  the 
names  of  his  deliverers." 

312       1833.     Exhibition  of  the  Blind  by  Dr.  S.  G.  Howe. 

In  the  Old  South  Church.  A  collection  was  taken  which  amounted  to 
$200. 

3*3       I^75-     Taylor's  Building  burned. 

On  Main  street,  opposite  the  Common.  This  building  was  erected  on 
the  site  of  the  Gardner  Chandler  mansion  by  R.  C.  Taylor  in  1870,  at 
a  cost  of  $160,000.  The  fire  began  at  sunset  and  burned  fiercely  until 
midnight,  being  confined  mostly  to  the  upper  stories.  In  the  pecuniary 
loss,  this  conflagration  was  exceeded,  of  those  which  have  occurred  in 
Worcester,  only  by  the  Merrifield  fire  of  1854. 

May  29. 

314  1868.     Ex-Governor  Levi  Lincoln  died,  aged  85. 

He  was  born  in  Worcester,  Oct.  25,  1782.  Graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1802,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1805.  State  Senator,  1812; 
Representative,  1816-23;  Speaker,  1822;  Lieut.-Governor,  1823;  Judge 
of  Supreme  Court,  1824;  Governor,  1825-34;  Member  of  Congress, 
1835-41;  Collector  of  Boston,  1841  to  Sept.  1843;  State  Senator,  1844- 
45;  President  of  the  Senate,  1845;  and  first  Mayor  of  Worcester,  1848. 

May  30. 

315  1868.     First  observance  of  Memorial  or  Decoration  Day 
by  the  Grand  Army. 

May  31. 

316  1812.    [Sunday]  Ordinance  of  Baptism  by  Immersion  first 
administered  in  Worcester. 

317  1813.     "In  Memory  of  Dean  John  Chamberlain  who  died 
May  31,  1813.  Mt.  68. 

"Dea.  John  Chamberlain  was  the  eldest  son  of  Dea.  Jacob  Chamberlain. 
Was  disarmed  by  the  Committee  of  Correspondence  in  May,  1775.  Se- 
lectman from  1785  to  1802,  three  years  excepted.  Was  Deacon  of  the 
First  Parish  twenty-two  years  from  1791  to  1812.  He  married  Mary, 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  63 

daughter  of  Capt.  John  Curtis;  and  his  son,  Hon.  John  Curtis  Cham- 
berlain, was  a  distinguished  lawyer  of  Charlestown  N.  H.,  and  a  Mem- 
ber of  Congress  from  that  state.  Another  son,  Gen.  Thomas  Cham- 
berlain, was  Crier  of  the  Courts  for  seventeen  years  previous  to  his 
death,  and  was  the  first  President  of  the  Common  Council  of  the  city 
of  Worcester.  He  filled  most  of  the  military  offices  from  corporal  to 
brigadier  general  with  the  highest  honor  to  himself,  and  to  the  satis- 
faction of  his  command.  Another  son,  Levi,  a  lawyer  of  distinction  at 
Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  afterwards  at  Keene,  where  he  died,  was  a  member 
of  the  Peace  Congress.  Another  son,  Henry,  was  also  a  lawyer,  who 
practised  law  in  Maine  and  Georgia." — Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Bur- 
ial Grounds. 

June  i. 

318  1865.     Eulogy  on  Abraham  Lincoln  by  Alexander  H.  Bul- 
lock. 

Delivered  in  Mechanics  Hall  before  the  City  Government  and  citizens 
of  Worcester.  The  Eulogy  was  printed  by  order  of  the  City  Council. 

319  1872.     Edward  A.  Sothern  as  Lord  Dundreary,  at  the 
Theatre. 

320  1881 .    Rev.  Roland  A.  'Wood  installed  Pastor  of  the  Church 
of  the  Unity. 

The  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  H.  W.  Bellows  of  N.  Y. 

321  1883.     Mrs.  Langtry,  the  Jersey  Lily,  at  the  Theatre. 

The  play  was  Gilbert's  comedy  of  Pygmalion  and  Galatea ;  and  the 
prices  of  admission  were  $1,00,  $1,50  and  $2,00.  The  audience  was  not 
a  large  one. 

June  2. 

322  1776.     "Her.e  lies  Buried  the  Body  of  Capt.  James  Good- 
win, who  departed  this  life  June  2nd  1776,  in  ye  62d  year  of 
his  age. 

"Capt.  James  Goodwin  was  captain  of  a  company  of  men  under  Col. 
John  Chandler,  which  left  Worcester  on  the  alarm  for  the  relief  of 
Fort  William  Henry  in  1757.  In  1760  he  was  captain  of  a  company  of 
militia  numbering  forty-eight  men.  Selectman,  1759.  A  signer  of  the 
royalist  protest  of  1774."— Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

323  1854.     Business  suspended  in  consequence  of  the  rendition 
of  Anthony  Burns. 


64  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

Stores  were  closed  and  draped  in  mourning;  bells  were  tolled;  and 
flags  displayed  reversed  and  at  half-mast.  A  meeting  was  held  on  the 
Common,  and  adressed  by  W.  W.  Rice,  Rev.  Mr.  Adams,  Dexter  F. 
Parker  and  Adin  Thayer. 

324  1856.     Lincoln  House  opened. 

The  rear  portion  of  this  block  was  erected  by  Hon.  Levi  Lincoln,  about 
1812,  and  occupied  by  him  as  a  residence  until  1835,  when  it  became 
the  "Worcester  House."  In  1843,  Jame^  H.  Wall  and  Edward  H. 
Hemenway  purchased  the  property,  which  comprised  33,000  sqr.  ft. 
of  land,  for  $14,000,  and  erected  a  one-story  building  in  front,  divided 
into  seven  stores  known  as  the  "tombs."  These  were  removed  in  1854 
and  the  present  Lincoln  House  Block  erected,  to  which  the  old  build- 
ing in  the  rear  was  joined.  The  front  portion  has  not  been  used  as  a 
hotel  for  nearly  twenty  years. 

325  1874.     Worcester  Firemen's  Relief  Association  organized. 

June  3. 

326  1841.     Universalist  Society  formed. 

327  1862.     Gottschalk,  the  celebrated   pianist,    at   Washburn 
Hall. 

Louis  Moreau  Gottschalk  was  born  at  New  Orleans  in  1829,  and  died 
at  Rio  de  Janeiro  in  1869.  He  was  educated  in  Paris;  and  made  his 
first  appearance  in  Europe.  He  returned  to  America  in  1853,  where 
his  performances  were  attended  with  great  success.  "His  touch  com- 
bined extreme  delicacy  with  force  and  dash;  and  his  style  of  playing 
had  a  dreamy  and  sensuous  charm."  He  composed  more  than  fifty 
pieces  for  the  piano. 

June  4. 

328  1834.     Worcester  Academy  or  Manual  Labor  High  School 
dedicated. 

329  1854.       [Sunday  morning]     Four  Effigies  of  parties  con- 
cerned in  the  rendition  of  Anthony  Burns,  were  discovered 
hanging  on  the  Common. 

They  were  labeled  as  follows:  i.  "Pontius  Pilate  Loring,  the  Unjust 
Judge."  2.  "Ben  Mallet,  the  Kidnapper."  3.  "Caleb  Cushing,  the 
Bloodhound."  4.  Franklin  Pierce,  Satan's  Journeyman." 


NOTEWORTHY  EVENTS.  65 

June  5. 

330  1877.      Inspection    and    acceptance  of  the  new  Lynde 
Brook  Dam. 

June  6. 

331  1804.     First  public  parade  of  the  Worcester  Light  Infantry, 
Capt.  Levi  Thaxter. 

332  1876.     Anna  E.  Dickinson  as  Anne  Boleyn,  in  her  play 
"A  Crown  of  Thorns,"  at  the  Theatre. 

June  7.  . 

333  1812.     [Sunday]     Rev.  Dr.  Austin  preached  two  sermons 
against  the  Baptists,  who  were  getting  a  foothold  in  the  town. 
"In  the  first  of  these  two  sermons  the  Baptists  were  called  'a  sneaking 
set  who  hovered  about  the  suburbs,  not  daring  to  come. into  the  center 
of  the  town,'  in  allusion  to  their  meeting  in  outer  district  school  houses. 
In  the  oilier  discourse,   (records  Dea.  Wilson)   'the  Rev.   Dr.  railed 
against  what  he  was  pleased  to  denominate  the  audacity  of  the  Baptists 
in  approaching  the  droppings  of  his  sanctuary,'  alluding  to  their  hold*- 
ing  a  meeting  on  the  Common." — Wallas  Reminiscences. 

334  1827.     Rev.  Rodney  A.  Miller  ordained  Pastor  of  the  Old 
South  Church. 

He  was  dismissed  April  12,  1844.  This  was  Mr.  Miller's  only  pastorate. 
He  died  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  29,  1876,  aged  79. 

335  1861.     Funeral  honors  to  Stephen  A.  Douglas. 

Business  was  suspended  from  10  to  n  A.  M.;  bells  were  lolled,  and 
flags  displayed  at  half-mast. 

June  8. 

336  1782.     Grievances  enumerated  in  instructions  to  the  Rep- 
resentative to  the  General  Court. 

Printed  in  the  Colleclions  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity,  Vol. 
IV.,  pp.  423-4. 

337  1864.     Webster  Park  dedicated. 

A  pleasure  ground  opened  at  New  Worcester  for  the  purpose  of  in- 
creasing Iravel  over  the  horse  railroad.  Tame  bears  and  other  animals 
were  among  the  attractions.  The  Park  was  closed  after  a  few  years. 


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June  9. 

338  1862.   William  G.  Brownlow,  the  noted  Tennessee  refugee, 
addressed  a  meeting  in  Mechanics  Hall. 

Parson  Brownlow  died  April  30,  1877,  in  his  72d  year. 

June  10. 

339  J747-     RCV-  Thaddeus  Maccarty  installed  Pastor  of  the 
Church. 

340  1866.     Henry  T.  Weikle  shot. 

While  arresting  a  drunken  man  the  officers  were  set  upon  by  a  mob 
which  followed  them  to  the  City  Hall.  A  thousand  or  more  gathered 
about  the  Police  Office,  throwing  stones  and  indulging  in  other  violent 
conduct.  An  officer  named  Lowell,  on  being  hit  by  a  missile,  fired  his 
revolver  into  the  crowd,  fatally  wounding  Weikle,  an  inoffensive  Ger- 
man, who  had  been  attracted  by  the  disturbance.  Lowell  was  tried, 
and  sentenced  to  imprisonment  for  one  year.  The  widow  of  Weikle 
was  paid  §1000  by  vote  of  the  City  Council. 

341  1879.     Tornado  on  Main  street. 

Most  of  the  force  was  manifested  near  the  Central  Church.  Trees  were 
broken,  chimneys  blown  down,  a  building  demolished,  and  two  or 
three  roofs  torn  off. 

June  ii. 

342  1793.    Morning  Star  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons 
consecrated. 

By  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master  John  Cutter  and  officers  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts.  A  procession  marched  from  Masons' 
Hall  to  the  North  Meeting  House,  where  a  sermon  was  preached  by 
the  Rev.  Aaron  Bancroft. 

This  Lodge  was  chartered  March  u,  1793,  and  was  the  first  one  in 
Worcester.  The  charter  members  were  Nathaniel  Paine,  Nathaniel 
Chandler,  John  Stanton,  Ephraim  Mower,  Clark  Chandler,  Samuel 
Chandler,  Charles  Chandler,  Benjamin  Andrews,  Joseph  Torrey,  John 
White,  Samuel  Brazer,  John  Stowers  and  Samuel  Flagg.  Isaiah  Thomas 
was  the  first  master. 

Other  Lodges  have  been  chartered  as  follows :  '  Montacute,  June  9, 
1859;  Athelstan,  June  13,  1866;  Quinsigamond,  Sept.  13,  1871. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  67 

343  1871.     Death  of  John  S.  C.  Knowlton. 

He  was  born  at  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  in  December,  1798.  A  graduate  of 
Dartmouth  College.  He  established  the  Worcester  Palladium  in  1834, 
of  which  he  was  editor  until  his  death.  State  Senator,  1852-3;  Mayor 
of  Worcester,  1853-4;  and  Sheriffof  the  County,  1857  to  1871. 

June  12. 

344  1751.     "Here  lies  Buried  the  Body  of  Capt.  Benjamin 
.  Flagg,  Esq  who  died  June  12th  1751,  in  the  61*  year  of  his 

age. 

"Benjamin  Flagg  was  Selectman  of  the  town  for  many  years;  Sheriff 
of  the  County  from  1743  to  1751;  also  Representative  to  the  General 
Court.  He  was  a  son  of  Benjamin  Flagg  who  came  from  Watertown 
to  Worcester." — Inscriptions  from  t/ie  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

345  1845.     Ex- President  Martin  Van  Buren,  accompanied  by 
one  of  his  sons,  arrived  in  town  and  remained  at  the  Ameri- 
can House  over  night. 

He  was  visited  by  many  citizens.  Mr.  Van  Buren  was  again  in  Worces- 
ter on  the  i8th  of  June,  1858. 

346  1879.     Polly  Stearns  Tucker  died,  aged  82. 

Familiarly  known  as  "Aunt  Polly  Tucker."  She  was  eccentric  and 
unsociable;  and  for  the  last  twenty-five  years  of  her  life,  lived  with 
no  company  except  her  numerous  family  of  cats.  Her  house  stood  on 
a  little  triangular  piece  of  land  at  the  corner  of  Belmont  and  Plantation 
streets.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Stearns. 

June  13. 

347  1800.     "On  Tuesday  the  i oth  inst.  Gen.  Alexander  Ham- 
ilton, and  his  suit  arrived  at  Oxford,  to  settle  the  business 
relative  to  the  discharge  of  the  troops  stationed  there ;  and 
on  Friday  last  he  passed  through  this  town  on  his  way  to 
Boston." — Spy,  jfune  18,  1800. 

June  14. 

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348  1722.     Worcester  incorporated  a  town. 

349  1848.     Salem  Street  Church  organized. 


68  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

\  V, 

350  1854.     Merrifield's  Buildings  burned. 

On  Union,  Exchange  and  Cypress  streets.  A  large  number  of  manu- 
facturing establishments  were  destroyed,  and  nearly  1000  men  thrown 
out  of  employment.  The  loss  was  $500,000. 

351  1864.     Young  Men's  Christian  Association  formed. 

June  15. 

352  1825.     Second  visit  of  Lafayette. 

He  arrived  at  2  A.  M.  and  departed  at  8  A.  M.,  on  his  way  to  Boston  to 
take  part  in  the  ceremony  of  laying  the  corner  stone  of  Bunker  Hill 
Monument.  For  notice  of  his  first  visit  to  Worcester,  see  under  date 
September  3. 

353  1870.     The  Cardiff  Giant  exhibited  in  Worcester. 

This  stone  humbug  was  manufactured  from  a  block  of  Iowa  gypsum  in 
a  stone-cutter's  shop  in  Chicago,  and  taken  to  Cardiff,  N.  Y.  and  buried. 
After  a  year  it  was  unearthed  and  placed  on  exhibition.  Eminent 
scientists  and  archaeologists  were  deceived,  pronouncing  it  of  great  an- 
tiquity, and  one  of  the  most  important  discoveries  of  the  age.  Its  true 
character  was,  however,  soon  exposed.  The  originators  of  this  ingen- 
ious imposition  sold  a  three-fourths  interest  in  the  image  for  $30,000, 
besides  making  a  large  sum  by  its  exhibition. 

June  16. 

354  J777'     "The  Selectmen  presented  a  list  of  the  names  of 
persons  whom  they  Esteemed  Enemies  to  this  and  the  other 

United  States  of  america The  list  of  their  Names  is 

as  follows  viz  Nahum  Willard,  David  Moore,  Samuel  Moore, 
Cornelius  Stowell,  Jacob  Chamberlain,  John  Curtis,  Gardner 
Chandler,  Micah  Johnson,  Joshua  Johnson,  William  Curtis, 
Nathan  Patch,  Joseph  Blair,  John  Barnerd,  Palmer  Goulding, 
Jacob  Stevens,' Joseph  Clark  &  James  Hart  JunV—  Worces- 
ter Town  Records. 

355  1791.     "Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  Mr.  Jonathan  Rice,  who 
died  June  y«  16th  1791  in  the  56*  year  of  his  age. 
Selectman,  1780.     A  member  of  the  Committee  of  Correspondence, 
1778-9.     A  member  of  the  American  Political  Society.     Was  one  of  a 
committee  appointed  by  the  court  to  offer  the  agreement  or  covenant 


NOTEWORTHY   EVENTS.  69 

for  the  non-consumption  of  British  goods  to  the  people  for  signature. 
He  was  voted  by  the  town  £2,  I2s.,  lod.  for  his  trouble  and  expense 
in  secretly  conveying,  with  the  assistance  of  others,  four  cannon  pur- 
chased by  the  town,  out  of  Boston  in  1772.  He  was  a  deputy  sheriff, 
and  went  on  the  night  of  the  second  of  February,  1787,  with  20  horse- 
men and  150  infantry,  to  capture  or  disperse  a  body  of  Shays's  insur- 
gents who  had  assembled  at  New  Braintree.  The  rebels  were  found 
posted  behind  a  stone  wall,  and  in  the  charge  upon  them,  Sheriff  Rice 
was  shot  through  the  arm  and  hand. 

356  1858.     Reception  of  the  Boston  Light  Infantry. 

By  the  Worcester  City  Guards.  They  were  reviewed  by  Mayor  Davis 
at  the  City  Hall.  A  street  parade  followed. 

June  17. 

357  1840.     Great  Harrison  Celebration. 

A  salute  was  fired  in  the  morning.  A  log  cabin  100  by  50  feet  had 
been  erected  on  Salisbury  street  in  which  the  Whig  state  convention 
was  held  during  the  forenoon,  and  John  Davis  and  George  Hull  were 
nominated  for  governor  and  lieutenant  governor.  A  procession  num- 
bering 10,000,  comprising  delegations  from  all  parts  of  the  state,  formed 
on  the  Common  and  marched  to  the  cabin,  where  speeches  were  made 
by  distinguished  characters.  See  the  Spy  of  June  24th. 

358  1863.     State  Guards  formed. 

Ivers  Phillips  was  captain;  Dana  H.  Fitch,  first  lieutenant;  and  John 
R.  Green,  second  lieutenant.  This  company  succeeded  the  Home 
Guards.  For  a  history  of  its  organization  and  services,  and  the  names  of 
those  enrolled,  see  Rev.  A.  P.  Marvin's  History  of  Worcester  in  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion,  pp.  430-449.  The  last  public  appearance  of  the 
State  Guards  was  at  the  dedication  of  the  Soldiers'  Monument,  July  15, 
1874. 

359  1863.     Gen.  John  C.  Fremont  in  Worcester. 

360  1869.     Visit  of  President  Grant. 

The  President  arrived  at  the  Lincoln  square  station  from  Groton,  where 
he  had  been  the  guest  of  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  George  S.  Bout- 
well.  A  military  and  civic  procession  escorted  him  through  the  prin- 
cipal streets  to  the  Bay  State  House,  where  dinner  was  served.  Gen. 
Grant  left  for  New  York  late  in  the  afternoon. 

361  1871.     Fire  Alarm  Telegraph  first  operated. 
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70  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

June  19. 

362  1783.     William  Huggins  and  John  Mansfield  executed  for 
burglary. 

363  1841.     [Saturday]  Gov.  William  H.  Seward  of  New  York 
arrived  in  town,  and  remained  at  the  Worcester  House  over 
Sunday. 

June  20. 

364  1774-     Tory  Protest  rejected. 

The  Loyalists  of  the  town  offered  a  protest  against  the  instructions 
given  the  Representative,  which  severely  criticized  the  attitude  of  the 
British  Government,  and  required  him  to  oppose,  by  his  vote,  payment 
for  the  tea  destroyed  at  Boston.  The  protest  was  published  in  Boston 
papers;  and  Clark  Chandler,  the  Town  Clerk,  recorded  it  in  the  town 
book.  This  entry  he  was  forced  to  expunge  in  open  meeting.  See  under 
date  Aug.  24.  The  instructions,  protest,  and  proceedings  are  printed 
in  the  fourth  volume  of  the  Collections  of  the  Worcester  Society  of  An- 
tiquity. 

June  21. 

365  1843.     Corner  Stone  of  Holy  Cross  College  laid. 

366  1843.      President  John  Tyler  and  Suite  passed  through 
Worcester,  on  their  return  from  the  Bunker  Hill  celebration. 
A  few  hundred  persons,  who  hastily  gathered  at  the  station,  were  grat- 
ified with  a  sight  of  the  Chief  Magistrate.    It  was  not  generally  known 
that  the  President  would  stop  in  Worcester. 

367  1848.     Free  Soil  Meeting. 

In  the  City  Hall.  Albert  Tolman  was  Chairman,  and  William  A.  Wal- 
lace, Secretary.  Hon.  Charles  Allen  made  a  speech  in  vindication  of 
his  action  in  repudiating  the  nomination  of  Zachary  Taylor  at  the  Phil- 
adelphia Convention.  Henry  Wilson,  of  Natick.also  made  a  brief  ad- 
dress. At  the  close  of  the  meeting,  Rev.  George  Allen  offered  the 
following  resolution,  which  excited  great  enthusiasm,  and  was  after- 
wards adopted  by  Free  Soil  meetings  throughout  the  state. 

"Resolved,  that  Massachusetts  wears  no  chains,  and  spurns  all 
bribes;  that  Massachusetts  goes  now,  and  will  ever  go,  for  free  soil  and 
free  men,  for  free  lips  and  a  free  press,  for  a  free  land  and  a  free  world." 


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June  22. 

368  1849.     Worcester  Gas  Light  Company  formed. 

369  1867.    President  Andrew  Johnson  and  suite  passed  through 
Worcester  to  Boston. 

June  23. 

370  1845.     First  Daily  Paper. 

The  DAILY  TRANSCRIPT  was  the  first  daily  paper  in  Worcester.  Julius 
L.  Clarke,  subsequently  State  Auditor  and  Insurance  Commissioner, 
was  editor.  The  Transcript  was  purchased  by  John  Milton  Earle,  May 
I,  1847,  and  incorporated  with  the  "Daily  Spy";  the  consolidation  be- 
ing continued  for  a  year  as  the  "Transcript,"  when  the  name  "Daily 
Spy"  was  resumed. 

June  24. 

371  1772.    First  Stage  from  Boston  to  New  York  passed  through 
Worcester. 

372  1848.     Mass  Meeting  to  ratify  the  nominations  of  Taylor 
and  Fillmore. 

Hon.  Ira  M.  Barton  was  Chairman,  and  J.  C.  B.  Davis,  Secretary.  Gov. 
Lincoln  announced  that  he  should,  at  some  future  time,  reply  to  the 
charges  made  against  himself  and  Gov.  Davis  by  Judge  Allen,  in  his 
speech  of  the  2ist.  Gen.  Leslie  Combs  of  Kentucky  then  addressed 
the  meeting  in  defense  of  the  Whig  nominations. 

373  1878.     Removal  of  the  Remains  of  Isaiah  Thomas  from 
the  Mechanic  Street  Burial  Ground  to  Rural  Cemetery. 

The  City  Government,  the  Masonic  fraternities,  and  the  American  An- 
tiquarian Society  took  part  in  the  dedication  of  the  removed  tomb.  At 
Mechanics  Hall  addresses  were  made  by  Mayor  Pratt,  Hon.  Stephen 
Salisbury,  Hon.  John  D.  Baldwin,  Hon.  H.  O.  Houghton,  Hon.  Mar- 
shall P.  Wilder  and  Hon.  Charles  W.  Slack;  "after  which  the  assembly, 
with  the  escort  of  many  Masonic  fraternities,  followed  the  remains  of 
Dr.  Thomas  to  the  Rural  Cemetery,  where  the  re-interment  was  made 
with  solemn  masonic  rites,  and  a  graceful  eulogy  was  spoken  by  M.  W. 
Grand  Master,  Charles  A.  Welch." 


72  THE"  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

374  1878.    Edison's  Phonograph  or  Talking  Machine  exhibited. 

June  25. 

375  1860.   A  salute  of  100  guns  was  fired  in  honor  of  the  nom- 
ination of  Stephen  A.  Douglas  for  President. 

June  26. 

376  1799.     "During  a  severe  tempest,  resembling  in  violence 
the  hurricanes  of  the  West  Indies,  the  lightning  struck  a  build- 
ing directly  back  of  the  Court  House,  then  occupied  by  Isaiah 
Thomas,  in  which  were  stored  the  types  for  the  i  amo  edition 
of  the  Bible.     The  electric  fluid,  in  four  distinct  veins,  per- 
vaded the  whole  structure,  splintering  spar  and  stud,  scatter- 
ing bricks  and  mortar,  and  bursting  away  boards,  laths  and 
plastering." — Lincoln's  History. 

June  27. 

377  1862.     Accident  at  Court  Hill. 

Three  ladies  were  driving  down  State  street  in  a  chaise,  when  the  horse, 
taking  sudden  fright,  jumped  over  the  embankment  into  Main  street, 
landing  in  a  load  of  shingles  which  was  passing,  and  breaking  its  neck. 
The  occupants  of  the  vehicle  were  buried  in  the  debris,  but  escaped 
with  slight  injuries. 

378  1862.     Causeway  through  Lake  Quinsigamond  completed. 
Dr.  John  Green  was  the  first  person  that  passed  over.    The  cost  of  the 
causeway,  and  the  improvements  in  the  road  leading  to  it,  was  $25,997. 

June  28. 

379  1818.     Hon.  Edward  Bangs  died,  aged  62. 

He  was  born  in  Harwich,  Mass.,  Sept.  5,  1756.  He  entered  Harvard 
College  in  1773,  which  he  left  to  participate  in  the  Battle  of  Lexington. 
After  graduating  in  1777,  he  studied  law  with  Theophilus  Parsons,  and 
in  1 780,  removed  to  Worcester.  During  Shays's  Rebellion  he  served 
under  Gen.  Lincoln  as  a  volunteer.  He  was  County  Attorney  for  some 
years;  and  in  1811,  was  appointed  a  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas.  He  lived  on  Main  street,  opposite  the  Court  House. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  73 

380  1837.     Brinley  (now  Grand  Army)  HaH  opened.    Aeon- 
cert  was  given. 

This  building  was  erected  by  George  Brinley  and  Benjamin  Butman. 
The  work  was  done  by  Mason  H.  Morse,  from  plans  by  Capt.  Lewis 
Bigelow,  who  also  made  the  plans  for  Butman  Block,  south  of  Elm  st. 

381  1848.     State  Convention  :  Free  Soil  Party  organized. 

Hon.  Samuel  Hoar  of  Concord  was  President.  An  address  endorsing 
the  action  of  Charles  Allen  and  Henry  Wilson  at  the  Philadelphia  Con- 
vention was  adopted.  Speeches  were  made  by  Joshua  R.  Giddings  and 
Lewis  D.  Campbell  of  Ohio;  Charles  Sumner,  Henry  Wilson,  Charles 
Francis  Adams,  and  other  prominent  anti-slavery  leaders. 

382  1861.     Camp  Scott,  at  South  Worcester,  occupied  by  the 
Fifteenth  Regiment. 

383  1863.     [Sunday.]  Funeral  of  Gen.  George  B.  Boomer. 
At  the  Third  Baptist  Church.     The  City  Government,  State  Guards  and 
Highland  Cadets  attended.     Gen.  Boomer  was  killed  at  the  Battle  of 
Champion  Hill,  on  May  22d.     He  was  a  resident  of  Missouri;  but  was 
brought  to  Worcester,  where  his  father,  the  Rev.  Job  B.  Boomer,  was 
then  living,  for  interment.     A  fine  monument  marks  his  resting  place 
in  Rural  Cemetery. 

June  29. 

384  1797.     "In  memory  of  Capt.  John  Curtis,  who  died  June 
29th  1797  in  ye  90  yr  of  his  age. 

"Son  of  Ephraim  Curtis,  was  born  at  Sudbury,  Sept.  21,  1707.  Married 
R_ebekah  Waite,  probably  of  Sudbury,  by  whom  he  had  all  his  children, 
viz :  John,  James,  Joseph,  Mary,  William,  Sarah  and  Tyler.  He  mar- 
ried for  a  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Robbins,  who  was  a  daughter  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Prentice  of  Lancaster.  Capt.  Curtis  for  many  years  kept  a  public 
house  which  was  a  general  rendezvous  for  all  the  ministers  passing  to 
and  fro. 

"He  held  important  civil  offices,  among  which  were  those  of  Deputy 
Sheriff  and  Coroner.  He  was  Captain  of  a  detachment  of  men  from 
Col.  John  Chandler,  Jr.'s  regiment  that  marched  from  Worcester  on 
the  alarm  for  the  relief  of  Fort  William  Henry  in  1757.  During  the 
revolutionary  war,  he  sympathized  with  the  royal  cause,  and  was  a 
signer  of  the  tory  protest  of  1774.  Also,  deemed  an  internal  enemy 
and  disarmed  in  1775."— Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 


74  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

385  1847.     President  Polk,  James  Buchanan,  Mr.  Clifford  and 
Commodore  Stewart  passed  through  Worcester  on  their  way 
to  Boston. 

The  train  reached  Worcester  at  10  A.  M.;  but  owing  to  some  misunder- 
standing about  the  time,  only  a  few  persons  were  at  the  station,  some 
of  whom  were  favored  with  an  introduction. 

June  30. 

386  1730.     "Here  lyes  interred  the  Remains  of  John  Young 
who  was  born  in  the  Isl  of  Bert,  near  Londonderry  in  the 
Kingdom  of  Ireland.     He  departed  this  life  June  3Oth  1730, 
aged  107." — Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

387  1841.     Baptist  Church,  on  Salem  street,  struck  by  light- 
ning. 

400  school  children  had  gathered  with  their  teachers  to  arrange  for 
the  celebration  of  the  3d  of  July;  and  were  dismissed  just  as  the  stroke 
came.  About  250  were  then  inside  the  building,  and  nearly  all  of  them 
were  thrown  to  the  floor.  15  or  20  were  prostrated  in  a  heap  near  the 
door.  Two  girls  had  their  shoes  torn  off  by  the  lightning,  and  one  had 
the  bottoms  of  her  feet  blistered;  but  none  were  seriously  injured. 
No  rain  was  falling  at  the  time. 

July  i. 

388  1775-     Gen.  Washington,  accompanied  by  Gen.  Charles 
Lee,  passed  through  Worcester,  on  his  way  to  Cambridge  to 
take  command  of  the  American  army. 

Washington  was  also  accompanied  by  his  private  secretary,  Col.  Joseph 
Reed.  At  Springfield  he  was  joined  by  Dr.  Church  and  Hon.  Moses 
dill,  a  committee  of  the  Provincial  Congress;  and  the  party  was  es- 
corted from^Brookfield  by  a  Worcester  company  of  horsemen,  under 
command  of  Capt.  James  Chadwick.  The  Generafcand  suite  were  en- 
tertained at  the  Stearns  tavern,  site  of  the  Lincoln  House. 

389  1844.     Ole  Bull's  first  appearance  in  Worcester. 

At  Brinley  Hall.  He  played  here  for  the  last  time,  April  27,  1880. 
He  was  born  at  Bergen  in  Norway,  Feb.  5,  1810;  and  died  there,  Aug. 
1 8,  1880. 


NOTEWORTHY   EVENTS.  75 

390  1855.     Five  Cent  Savings  Bank  opened. 

391  1865.     Admiral  David  G.  Farragut  arrived  in  Worcester. 

He  remained  in  the  city  over  Sunday. 

July  2. 

392  1778.      Execution  of  William  Brooks,  James  Buchanan, 
Ezra  Ross  and  Bathsheba  Spooner,  for  the  murder  of  Joshua 
Spooner  of  Brookfield,  husband  of  the  woman. 

She  was  a  daughter  of  Gen.  Timothy  Ruggles  of  Hardwick. 

393  1826.     Jeremiah  Stiles  drowned  in  Lake  Quinsigamond. 

He  was  a  man  of  many  and  varied  talents;  a  portrait  painter  of  more 
than  ordinary  merit,  and  a  poet  of  no  mean  pretensions.  His  familiarity       r 
with  the  English  classics  was  wonderful.     He  painted  carriages  and 
signs  for  a  living. 

394  1836.      American  Temperance  House,  at  the  corner  of 
/v    Main  and  Thomas  streets,  opened  by  Eleazar  Porter  &  Co. 

This  hotel  was  discontinued  after  about  twenty  years,  and  was  then 
converted  into  the  present  American  House  Block.  Mr.  Porter,  the 
first  proprietor,  formerly  kept  the  Worcester  Temperance  House,  cor. 
Thomas  street. 

395  1863.     Rev.  Edward  A.  Walker  installed  Pastor  of  the  Old 
South  Church. 

He  died  at  Marquette,  Mich.,  April  10,  1866,  aged  31. 

July  3- 

396  1819.     [Saturday]   Republican  Celebration  of  Independ- 
ence :  procession  escorted  by  the  Worcester  Light  Infantry, 
Capt.  Sewall  Hamilton.     Oration*  by  Edward  D.  Bangs,  in 
the  Old  South  Church. 

397  1835.     First  Passenger  Train  over  the  Boston  and  Wor- 
cester Railroad. 

The  Directors  and  their  friends  made  the  trip  from  Boston  to  Worces- 
ter and  return.  On  Saturday,  the  4th,  four  trips  each  way  were  made, 
and  more  than  1500  passengers  carried.  For  celebration,  see  July  6. 

*  Oration  printed. 


76  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

398  1841.     [Saturday]    Independence  celebrated:  the  Cold 
Water  Army  of  school  children,  numbering  1 200,  with  Wor- 
cester and  other  Temperance  Societies,  held  a  picnic  in  the 
grove  back  of  the  hospital. 

July  4- 

399  1789.     Celebrated  by  a  Company  of  Horse  under  com- 
mand of  Capt.  Denny  of  Leicester ;  the  Worcester  Train  of 
Artillery,  Capt.  Stanton  ;  and  two  companies  of  Militia,  Cap- 
tains How  and  Hey  wood  ;  the  whole  under  command  of  Maj. 
Phinehas  Jones.     They  paraded  the  town  and  were  reviewed 
on  the  Common.     In  the  evening,  the  officers  and  a  number 
of  private  gentlemen  sat  down  to  an  elegant  entertainment,  at 
which  toasts  suitable  to  the  occasion  were  drank. 

400  1791.     A  salute  with  ringing  of  bells  in  the  morning.    Mil- 
itary parade  of  company  of  Artillery,  one  of  horse,  and  two 
other  companies  in  complete  uniform.     An  oration  *  was  de- 
livered by  Edward  Bangs,  and  an  original  ode  was  sung.    "Af- 
ter which,  the  officers  and  a  number  of  other  reputable  citizens 
adjourned  to  Capt.  Heywood's  Inn,   [site  of  the  Bay  State 
House]  where  a  very  handsome  but  economical  entertainment 
was  provided,  of  which  they  heartily  and  sociably  partook." 
— Spy.     Fireworks  in  the  evening. 

401  ^792.     A  salute  and  ringing  of  bells.     In  the  forenoon  a 
military  parade  of  the  Artillery  and  two  companies  of  infantry. 
"A  large  number  of  gentlemen  met  at  Heywood's  Ion,  dined 
under  an  arbor  built  for  the  purpose,  and  drank  fourteen  toasts, 
with  the  discharge  of  fourteen  cannon.     The  day  was  other- 
wise spent  in  social  mirth,  &c,  becoming  the  occasion." — Spy. 

402  1793.     "In  this  town  a  spirit  of  manly  independence  pre- 
vailed.   The  company  of  Artillery  paraded  in  the  morning ; 
marched  up  and  down  the  street,  exhibiting  a  very  martial  and 
respectable  appearance ;  fired  fifteen  guns ;  and  were  dis- 
missed."    A  repast  was  provided  at  Heywood's  tavern,  at 
which  toasts  were  drank. 


*  Oration  printed. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  77 

4°3  I795-  Salute  and  ringing  of  bells  in  the  morning.  A  pro- 
cession formed  at  Free  Masons'  Hall  and  proceeded  to  the 
South  Meeting  House,  where  "Mr.  Joseph  Allen,  juii.  pro- 
nounced an  oration  *  fraught  with  the  genuine,  manly  prin- 
ciples of  republican  Liberty."  The  company  dined  at  Masons' 
Hall. 

404  1796.  Ringing  of  bells  and  display  of  flags.  The  com- 
'pany  of  Artillery,  commanded  by  Capt.  Torrey,  paraded  at  10. 
At  n,  a  procession  was  formed  at  Mower's  tavern,  and  pro- 
ceeded to  the  South  Meeting  House,  where  an  oration*  was 
delivered  by  Francis  Blake.  Dinner  at  Mower's,  with  toasts 
and  discharges  of  cannon. 

4°5  I797-  "As  Aurora  arose  smiling  she  was  saluted  by  16  dis- 
charges from  the  cannon  of  the  Artillery  company.  The  bells 
rang  and  the  Flag  of  the  Union  was  displayed."  A  procession 
was  formed  at  Mower's  Inn,  and  proceeded  to  the  South 
Meeting  House,  where  an  oration*  was  delivered  by  Doctor 
Oliver  Fiske.  A  dinner  followed.  The  Worcester  Train  of 
Artillery  had  a  supper  at  Heywood's  tavern,  and  "the  anniver- 
sary was  closed  with  decent  hilarity." 

406  1798.     Salute  and  ringing  of  bells.     A  procession  formed 
at  Masons'  Hall  and  marched  to  the  South  Meeting  House. 
The  Divine  Blessing  was  invoked  by  Rev.  Joseph  Sumner  of 
Shrewsbury ;  and  Rev.  Samuel  Austin  delivered  an  oration.* 
"The  celebrated  song  'Adams  and  Liberty'  succeeded  the 
oration,  and  enlivened  the  patriotic  glow  excited  by  the  Day, 
the  Oration,  and  the  particular  situation  of  our  Country."- 
Spy. 

407  1799.     Capt.  Healy's  Artillery  Company  escorted  the  pro- 
cession to  the  South  Meeting  House,  where  "a  select  band 

performed  a  number  of  appropriate  pieces  of  Music A 

large  assembly  of  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  were  unhappily  dis- 
appointed of  an   expected  oration.     Mr.  Pfelatiah]   Hitch- 
cock, the  Orator  of  the  day,  on  his  way  from  Brookfield  to 


*  Orations  printed. 
K 


78  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

Worcester,  was  suddenly  seized  with  a  billious  colic  and  was 
unable  to  reach  town." 

408  1800.     Artillery  parade.     Oration*  by  Edward  Bangs,  in 
the  North  [Dr.  Bancroft's]  Meeting  House. 

409  1801.     Oration*  by  Isaac  Story  of  Sterling. 

410  1803.     Oration  *  by  John  William  Caldwell,  at  the  South 
Meeting  House. 

411  1804.     Oration*  by  William  Charles  White  of  Rutland. 

41 2  1805.     Procession  escorted  by  the  Artillery  Company,  Capt. 
Slater ;  and  the  Infantry  Company,  Capt.  Flagg.      Oration  * 
by  Daniel  Waldo  Lincoln.    [Brother  of  Gov.  Levi  Lincoln.] 

413  1808.     "The  Democrats  formed  a  great  procession  of  ''such 
as  they  were,'  and  had  a  very  'magnificent'  oration*  delivered 
by  MAJOR  [Estes]  HOW,  who  two  years  since  delivered  as 
'magnificent'  a  FEDERAL  one  in  Sutton. — Thus  we  go  up, 
up,  up  ! — and  thus  we  go  down,  down,  down  !  " — SPY. 

414  1810.     Civic  and  military  celebration.     Oration*  by  Levi 
Heywood. 

415  1811.     Celebration  by  young  men  between   16  and   21. 
Oration*  by  John  W.  Hubbard,  in  the  South  Meeting  House. 

416  1812.     Celebrated  by  the  Washington  Benevolent  Society 
of  the  County,  with  a  procession  escorted  by  the  Light  In- 
fantry, Capt.  John  W.  Lincoln.     Oration*  by  Francis  Blake, 
in  Dr.  Bancroft's  Meeting  House.    Dinner  in  a  building  erect- 
ed for  the  purpose. 

Also  celebrated  by  the  Republicans,  with  a  procession  es- 
corted by  the  Artillery.  Oration*  by  Enoch  Lincoln,  and  an 
ode  by  Edward  D.  Bangs.  Fireworks  in  the  evening. 

417  1814.     Celebration  by  Federal  Republicans  escorted  by 
the  Light  Infantry.     Oration  by  Edwin  A.  White,  at  Dr.  Ban- 
croft's Church. 

Also  a  civic  procession  escorted  by  the  Artillery.  Oration  * 
by  Rejoice  Newton,  at  the  Old  South  Church. 


*  Orations  printed. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  79 

418  1815.     Oration*  by  Peleg  Sprague. 

419  1816.     Oration*  by  John  Davis,  in  the  Old  South  Church. 

420  1817.     Military  parade.     Oration*  by  Pliny  Merrick,  in 
the  Old  South  Church.     An  ode  composed  by  Edward  D. 
Bangs  was  sung  by  Capt.  Sewall  Hamilton.     A  dinner  was 
served  in  a  bower  opposite  Mr.  Hathaway's  tavern.      Isaiah 
Thomas  presided  at  the  dinner,  of  which  300  partook. 

421  1818.     Parade  of  Worcester  Light  Infantry.     Oration*  by 
Austin  Denny,  in  the  Old  South  Church. 

422  1820.     Parade  of  the  Light  Infantry,  Capt.  John  Coolidge. 
Oration  by  Charles  H.  Warren. 

423  1821.     Republican  celebration,  with  an  address  by  Henry 
Rogers,  editor  of  the  National  dZgis.       , 

424  1822.     The  observance  of  the  anniversary  was  religious  in 
character.    An  address  was  delivered  in  the  Old  South  Church 
by  Rev.  Jonathan  Going. 

425  1823.     Democratic  celebration.      Oration  by  Francis  B. 
Stebbins.   A  dinner,  presided  over  by  Otis  Corbett,  was  served 
in  a  bovver  near  the  hotel  of  Nathaniel  Eaton.  The  procession 
was  escorted  by  the  Worcester  Rifle  Corps,  Capt.  Nathaniel 
Gates. 

426  1825.     Celebration  by  the  Light  Infantry,  with  an  oration 
by  Richard  Hampton  Vose,  a  member  of  the  company. 

427  1825.     House  of  Moses  Whipple  struck  by  lightning,  set 
on  fire,  and  entirely  consumed. 

428  1826.     First  Celebration  of  Independence  under  the  aus- 
pices of  the  town  authorities.     The  procession,  under  com- 
mand of  Brig.-Gen.  Nathan  Heard,  comprised  the  Worcester 
Rifles,  Capt.  Thomas  Howe  ;  Worcester  Artillery,  Capt  Elijah 
Flagg  ;  and  the  Light  Infantry,  Capt.  John  Whittemore.    Ora- 
tion by  Charles  Allen.     Dinner  in  the  Town  Hall,  presided 
over  by  Isaiah  Thomas.     Music  by  the  Worcester  Harmonic 
Society,  Emory  Perry,  President. 


*  Orations  printed. 


8O  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

429  1827.     Celebrated  by  Odd  Fellows.     Oration  in  Dr.  Ban- 
croft's Church  by  Thomas  Kinnicutt,  with  a  poem  by  Rich- 
ard Hampton  Vose. 

430  1829.    Military  procession  of  the  Providence  Light  Infantry, 
Capt.  Field  ;  Leicester  Light  Infantry,   Capt.  Joseph  D.  Sar- 
gent ;  Worcester  Light  Infantry,  Capt.  Charles  A.  Hamilton  ; 
and  Worcester  Artillery,  Capt.  Leonard  W.  Stowell.     Oration 
in  the  Old  South  Church  by  John  Davis,  with  an  ode  by  Em- 
ory Washburn. 

431  1831.     Two  processions  and  celebrations  with  orations  by 
Edwin  Conant  and  Samuel  M.  Burnside-. 

432  1832.     Two  celebrations.    The  anti-Jackson  party  listened 
to  an  oration  by  George  Fplsom,  in  the  Old  South  Church. 

Benjamin  F.  Thomas  delivered  an  oration  in  the  North 
Church. 


433  *&33-     Celebration  under  the  auspices  of  the  town  author- 
ities.    A  military  parade.     Oration  *  by  Edward  Everett. 

Oratorio,  directed  by  Emory  Perry,  and  grand  ball  at  Esta- 
brook's  Hotel. 

434  1834.     Whig  celebration.     Oration  by  Franklin  Dexter,  in 
the  Brick  Church. 

435  l836-    Whig  celebration.  Oration  by  Benjamin  F.  Thomas. 

436  1837.     Celebrated  by  the  Jackson  Democrats. 

"In  this  town  the  Tories  celebrated  the  success  of  their  ef- 
forts in  introducing  the  Jackson   Currency,  and  in  causing 
those  'to  break'  who  'trade  on  credit.'      Their  orator  was 
Robert  Rantoul,  Jr.  of  Gloucester,  Cape  Ann,  a  man  of  talents 
worthy  of  a  better  cause  ......  The  dinner  was  provided 

at  Brinley  Hall,  of  which  near  two  hundred  and  fifty  of  'the 
faithful  '  partook."—  Spy,  July  5. 

437  1838-      Temperance  Festival.      Dr.  Walter  Channing  of 
*  Oration  printed. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  8  I 

Boston,  Hon.  Mr.  Hoar  of  Concord,  and  Hon.  Mr.  Lawrence 
of  Belchertown  made  addresses. 

438  1839.     Oration  at  New  Worcester  by  William  Lincoln ; 
Anti-Slavery  meeting  in  Union  Church  ;  and  Young  Ladies' 
Picnic  at  Lincoln  Grove. 

439  1840.     Democratic  celebration.     Oration  by  Rev.  Orestes 
A.  Brownson. 

440  1842.     Picnic  of  the  Cold  Water  Army  at  Hospital  Grove. 
Temperance  Festival  of  the  Washingtonians  in  the  evening. 
Wendell  Phillips  made  an  address  at  the  Town  Hall  in  the 
morning,  and  one  at  Brinley  Hall  in  the  afternoon. 

441  1843.      Picnic  of  Cold  Water  Army  at  Hospital  Grove. 
Washingtonian  Festival  at  Town  Hall  in  the  evening. 

442  1844.     Two  celebrations.    The  Whig  "Clay  Club"  marched 
to  the  residence  of  Ex-Gov.  Lincoln,  and  were  presented  with 
a  banner  by  Col.  A.  H  Bullock,  in  the  name  of  the  Whig  La- 
dies of  the  town.     Edwin  Conant,  president  of  the  Club,  re- 
plied in  an  appropriate  manner.     A  public  dinner  followed, . 
with   speeches  from  Hon.  Charles  Hudson,  Hon.  Thomas 
Kinnicutt  and  others. 

The  Democrats  celebrated  with  an  oration  by  George  Ban- 
croft in  the  First  Baptist  Church,  and  a  dinner  at  Brinley  Hall. 
Large  numbers  were  present  from  all  parts  of  the  county. 

There  was  also  a  Temperance  celebration. 

443  1845.     Temperance  celebration. 

444  1846.     Temperance  celebration.   A  display  of  fireworks  in 
the  evening  under  direction  of  Dr.  Mathew. 

445  1847.     Fireworks  on  the  Common  in  the  evening,  under 
direction  of  Dr.  Mathew. 

446  1850.     Parade  of  the  Worcester  Light  Infantry,  Capt.  Ed- 
ward Lamb.     The  Worcester  Guards  also  paraded.     A  poem 
was  read  at  the  dinner  by  Charles  Thurber. 

447  1851.     Free  Soil  celebration.     Oration  by  John  P.  Hale. 


82  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

448  1853.     The  City  Government  appropriated  $1,500.      The 
military  procession  of  the  Jackson  Guards,  Capt.  Driscoll ; 
the  Worcester  Light  Infantry,  Capt.  Russell ;  and  the  Fire 
Department,  was  under  the  command  of  Chief  Marshal  Jon- 
athan Day.     An  oration  was  delivered  by  Francis  Wayland, 
in  the  Old  South  Church.     Dinner  in  the  City  Hall. 

This  was  the  first  public  appearance  of  the  Jackson  Guards,  an  Irish 
company  formed  the  winter  before.  It  was  disbanded  by  Gov.  Gardner 
during  the  Know  Nothing  frenzy. 

449  1856.     The  Steam  Calliope  was  played.     A  floral  proces- 
sion at  8  A.  M.  was  not  fully  carried  out  on  account  of  rain. 
At  10  the  mounted  Continentals  paraded,  under  command  of 
Charles  B.  Pratt.     At   n   Charles  Hersey's  "Minute   Men" 
were  called  by  the  arrival  of  the  mounted  messenger  with  his 
cry  (feebly  given)  of  "To  arms  !   War  is  begun  /"    At  noon 
a  procession  commanded  by  Gen.  George  Hobbs,  marched 
through  the  principal  streets  to  the  Common,  where  dinner 
was  served  in  a  tent.     Oration  by  Homer  B.  Sprague.      At  5 
p.  M.  the  Butchers  and  Provision  Dealers  paraded  in  white 
frocks  and  caps. 

450  1857.     Celebrated  by  two  free  fights,  one  at  the  Providence 
railroad  station,  the  other  in  Pine  Meadow. 

451  1859.     Hersey's  Minute  Men.     The  messenger  was  Mr. 
Lucian  Prince,  who  startled  the  whole  Blackstone  valley  with 
his  stentorian  shout  of  "To  Arms!"  as  he  galloped  his  horse 
through  Main  street. 

452  1860.     Corner  Stone  of  the  Free  Public  Library  building 
laid,  with  addresses  by  Mayor  Rice  and  others.     A  military 
procession,  and  a  dinner  at  Mechanics  Hall.    There  was  also 
a  balloon  ascension. 

453  1862.     Burlesque  parade. 

454  1865.     Ovation  to  returned  Soldiers.     Several  arches  were 
erected  on  Main  and  other  streets.    Military  parade,  which  in- 
cluded the  veterans,  in  the  forenoon."    Trades'  procession  in 
the  afternoon. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  83 

455  1868.     Studlefunk  parade  in  the  morning.      Military  and 
civic  procession  at  noon.    The  Military  Division,  under  com- 
mand of  Col.  Robert  H.  Chamberlain,  consisted  of  six  com- 
panies of  the  loth  Regiment,  M.  V.  M. ;  the  State  Guards, 
Lieut. -Col.  David  M.  Woodward ;  and  the  Highland  Cadets, 
Capt.  L.  G.  White.   The  Fire  Department,  A.  B.  Lovell,  Chief 
Engineer,  formed  a  part  of  the  procession.     There  was  also  a 
cavalcade,  consisting  of  gentlemen  mounted  and  driving  light 
and  fancy  teams,  and  draft  horses  ;  in  all  about  500  horses. 

456  1869.     Corner  stone  of  St.  Paul's  Church  laid. 

45  7  1870.  Monument  to  Capt.  Peter  Slater,  one  of  the  Boston 
Tea  Party,  dedicated  at  Hope  Cemetery  with  addresses  by 
Henry  Chapin,  Isaac  Dav^is,  Henry  L.  Chandler  of  Lexing- 
ton, Albert  Tolman,  Rev.  A.  P.  Marvin  and  A.  B.  R.  Sprague. 

458  1872.     Studlefunk  parade. 

459  1873.     Studlefunk  parade. 

460  1876.     Centennial  celebration.     Studlefunk  parade  in  the 
early  morning.      Singing  of  National  Songs  by  the  School 
children  in  a  large  tent  on  the  Common.     An  extensive  mil- 
itary and  civic  procession  in  the  forenoon,  on  which  occasion 
the  Worcester  Continentals  made  their  first  public  appearance. 
The  Centennial  Oration  *  was  delivered  in  Mechanics  Hall  by 
Benjamin  F.  Thomas  ;  and  an  Ode  written  by  the  Mayor, 
Clark  Jillson,  was  sung  by  the  pupils  of  the  High  school. 

461  1879.     Fatal  accident  at  Lake  Quinsigamond.   The  steam- 
er "Isaac  Davis"  was  boarded  by  a  large  and  unmanageable 
crowd,  which  rushed  upon  the  upper  deck,  causing  the  boat 
to  careen  over.     Five  persons  lost  their  lives,  and  a  number 
were  injured. 

-462       1883.     Studlefunk  procession. 

%*  For  other  Celebrations  of  Independence,  see  under  dates  July  3d, 
5th,  6th,  8th  and  22d 


*  Oration  printed. 


84  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

July  5- 

463  1790.     [Monday]  The  anniversary  of  Independence  was 
celebrated  by  the  Worcester  Artillery  Company.      "At    n 
o'clock  they  paraded  before  Mr.  Mower's  tavern,   [present 
location  of  Clark's  block,  cor.  Mechanic  St.]  and  at  i  o'clock 
they  marched  on  to  the  hill  by  the  Court  House  and  fired  a 
national  salute  ;  after  which  they  returned  to  the  place  of  pa- 
rade."    The  officers  and  several  private  gentlemen  partook 
of  a  handsome  entertainment,  at  which  toasts  were  drank. 
"The  company  was  in  complete  uniform,  and  made  a  very 
handsome  appearance." 

464  1802.     [Monday]  Independence  celebrated  by  a  parade 
of  the  Artillery  Company,  and  an  oration*  by  the  Rev.  Zepha- 
niah  Swift  Moore  of  Leicester. 

465  1805.     Death  of  William  Cald well,  aged  52. 

He  was  Sheriff  of  the  County  from  179310  1805.  His  death  was  caused 
in  part  by  an  attempt  at  suicide  some  time  before,  while  suffering  under 
depression  of  spirits. 

466  1824.     [Monday]  Independence  celebrated.     A  proces- 
si9n  "numbering  80  in  line,  including  boys,"  escorted  by  the 
Light  Infantry,  Capt.  Artemas  Ward.      Oration  by  William 
Lincoln. 

467  1830.     [Monday]   Independence  celebrated.    Oration  by 
Peter  C.  Bacon  in  Rev.  Mr.  Abbott's   [the  Central]  Church. 
At  the  dinner  Isaac  Goodwin  offered  the  following  toast : 
"Our  venerable  townsman,  Isaiah  Thomas,  Esq.,  who  first 
promulgated  the  Declaration  of  Independence  to  the  inhabi- 
tants of  this  vicinity  from  the  church  and  press." 

468  1852.     [Monday]    Whig  celebration.     A  large  tent  was 
erected  on  the  Common,  in  which  speeches  were  made  by 
Ex-Gov.  Lincoln,  Emory  Washburn,  and  Col.  Lee  of  Temple- 
ton.     The  Worcester  Light  Infantry,  Capt.  Childs,  performed 
escort  duty. 

*  Oration  printed. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  85 

July  6. 

469  1806.     Robbery  of  the  sEgis  Office. 

"In  December,  1805,  the  whole  [^gis]  property  was  attached  under 
a  claim  growing  out  of  debts  of  the  printer,  Samuel  Getting,  and  the 
publication  suspended.  The  democratic  citizens,  roused  to  exertions, 
procured  new  apparatus,  which  they  vested  in  trustees,  and  the  /Egis 
again  appeared,  Feb.  19,  1806,  in  deplorable  dishabille  for  a  time,  but 
soon  regained  neatness  and  beauty.  A  new  calamity  occurred  to  in- 
terrupt its  prosperity.  On  Sunday,  the  6th  of  July,  during  the  hours 
of  worship,  a  part  of  the  types  were  removed,  and  the  sheets,  impressed 
on  one  side,  carried  away  by  Getting,  who,  on  the  next  Wednesday,  in 
his  individual  capacity,  sent  out  the  paper  in  handsome  form,  while  the 
trustees  of  the  subscription  fund  were  scarcely  able  to  communicate 
their  misfortune.  A  curious  state  followed,  realizing  the  confusion  of 
external  identity,  imagined  in  the  Gomedy  of  Errors.  Two  papers  were 
published  in  the  same  town,  on  the  same  day,  claiming  to  be  'the  true 
/Egis.'  A  contest  painful  to  retrace  ensued,  disturbing  the  repose  of 
the  village,  proceeding  almost  from  words  to  blows  in  private  discussion, 
and  furnishing  subjects  for  judicial  investigation.  The  good  sense  of 
the  community,  for  a  time  amused  by  the  the  bitter  feeling  of  the  com- 
batants, and  the  personal  insult  degrading  pages  which  should  have 
been  devoted  to  common  improvement,  at  length  acted  on  the  source 
of  the  commotion,  and  after  a  few  months  of  infamous  existence,  the 
false  print  disappeared." — Lincoln's  History. 

470  1835.     Celebration  of  the  Completion  of  the  Boston  and 
Worcester  Railroad. 

A*procession  composed  of  about  300  citizens  of  Boston  and  vicinity, 
was  escorted  by  citizens  of  Worcester  and  the  Light  Infantry,  Capt. 
Charles  H.  Geer.  A  dinner  was  served  in  the  Town  Hall,  at  which 
Ex-Gov.  Lincoln  presided.  Speeches  were  made  by  the  presiding  of- 
ficer; Hon.  Nathan  Hale,  President  of  the  Railroad  Company;  Hon. 
Edward  Everett  and  others.  During  the  dinner  about  500  ladies  were 
given  a  ride  in  the  cars  to  Westborough  and  return.  Hon.  Charles 
Allen  was  chairman  of  the  committee  of  arrangements. 

471  1836.     Union  Church  dedicated. 

• 

July  7- 

472  1811.     "In  Memory  of  Capt.  William  Gates,  who  died  July 
7,  1811,  Mi.  76. 


86  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

"Capt.  William  Gates  was  first  sergeant  in  the  company  of  minute  men 
under  the  command  of  Capt.  Timothy  Bigelow,  which  marched  from 
Worcester  on  the  alarm  at  Lexington,  April  19,  1775.  .Second  lieuten- 
ant in  a  company  under  the  command  of  Capt.  Jonas  Hubbard,  which 
served  three  months  near  Boston  the  same  year.  Captain  of  a  com- 
pany in  Col.  Jonathan  Holman's  regiment  in  the  Continental  Army. 
Town  Treasurer,  1780-81." — Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

473  1834.     Foundation  of  the  first  Catholic  Church  in  Wor- 
cester laid  on  Temple  street. 

474  1869.     Plymouth  Church  organized. 

July  8. 

475  J779'     "Sunday  se'night  being  the  anniversary  of  the  In- 
dependence of  America,  the  celebration  of  that  day  was  post- 
poned by  the  Sons  of  Freedom,  in  this  Town,  until  Thursday 
last.     The  morning  of  that  day  was  ushered  in  by  the  ringing 
of  bells,  the  firing  of  cannon,  and  a  display  of  the  Continental 
Flag;  at  12  o'clock,  thirteen  cannon  were  fired  ;  in  the  eve- 
ning the  Court  House  was  illuminated,  thirteen  rockets  were 
fired,  and  a  display  of  other  fireworks  ;  greatly  to  the  satis- 
faction of  many  respectable  and  staunch  friends  to  the  com- 
mon cause  of  our  nation,  who  were  assembled  at  the  Court 
House  from  this  and  adjacent  towns.    Mutual  congratulations 
were  given,  and  a  number  of  toasts  suitable  to  the  occasion 
were  drank." — Spy,  July  15. 

476  1831.     Siamese  Twins  exhibited  in  Worcester. 

The  "Siamese  Twins,  Chang  and  Eng  were  born  at  Bangesau,  on  the 
north-west  corner  of  the  Gulf  of  Siam  in  1810.  The  father  was  a  China- 
man, the  mother  a  Siamo-Chinese  woman.  They  were  brought  to  the 
United  States  at  the  age  of  18  by  Capt.  Abel  Coffin,  and  exhibited 
throughout  this  country  and  Europe;  realized  a  competence;  married 
two  sisters  (mulattoes)  in  1842,  and  settled  in  Surrey  Co.,  N.  C.  Each 
has  9  children.  They  revisited  Europe  in  1868-9."— Drake's  Diet.  Am. 
Biog.  The  Twins  died  Jan.  17,  1874. 

477  J8s6.     Steam  Calliope  excursion  to  Fitchburg  to  attend  a 
Fremont  meeting. 

The  instrument  astonished  the  residents  of  the  County,  discoursing  mu- 
sic which  could  he  heard  for  miles  as  the  train  moved  along.  The  late 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  87 

Elijah  H.  Marshall  of  Worcester  informed  the  writer  that  he  distinctly 
heard  the  music  as  the  train  approached  Fitchburg,  in  Luqenburg, 
where  he  was  visiting,  and  thought  it  was  a  hand-organ  close  by.  The 
Calliope  is  an  adaptation  of  the  steam  whistle  to  the  musical  scale,  and 
was  invented  by  J.  C.  Stoddard  of  Worcester. 

478  1863.     Funeral  of  Col.  George  H.  Ward. 

At  the  Salem  Street  Church.  The  services  were  conducted  by  Rev. 
Mr.  Richardson,  assisted  by  Rev.  Dr.  Hill  and  Rev.  T.  E.  St.  John. 
The  funeral  procession  included  the  State  Guard,  Highland  Cadets, 
City  Guard,  Members  of  the  Fifteenth  Regiment,  City  Government  and 
ex-Mayors,  among  whom  was  the  venerable  ex-Gov.  Lincoln,  who 
marched  the  whole  distance  to  Rural  Cemetery.  Morning  Star  Ma- 
sonic Lodge  also  attended. 

Col.  Ward  belonged  to  the  Fifteenth  Regiment,  and  lost  a  leg  at 
Ball's  Bluff.  Returning  to  duty  he  was  placed  in  command  of  a  brig- 
ade, and  fell,  mortally  wounded,  in  the  Battle  of  Gettysburg. 

479  1883.     Death  of  Hon.  John  D.  Baldwin. 

He  was  born  at  North  Stonington,  Conn.,  in  1810;  studied  for  the  min- 
istry and  preached  for  a  time,  but  afterwards  adopted  journalism  as  a 
profession.  He  was  connected  with  the  press  at  Hartford;  was  editor 
of  the  Commonwealth  at  Boston;  and  in  1859  purchased  the  Spy.  He 
was  a  delegate  to  the  Chicago  Convention  of  1860,  and  a  Member  of 
Congress  from  1863  to  1869.  Author  of  two  works  on  archaeology,  and 
genealogies  of  the  Baldwin  and  Denison  families. 

July  9. 

480  1845.     Death  of  Hon.  Daniel  Waldo,  aged  82. 

He  was  born  in  Boston,  and  in  1782,  came  to  Worcester  with  his  father, 
Daniel  Waldo,  senior,  and  engaged  in  business.  Mr.  Waldo  acquired 
large  wealth,  which  he  liberally  dispensed.  He  built  the  Central  Church 
and  presented  it  to  the  society;  and  also  gave  the  land  for  Rural  Cem- 
etery. In  business  his  habits  were  exact :  he  once  sent  a  special  mes- 
senger to  Holden  to  collect  a  bill  of  ten  cents.  His  elegant  mansion, 
occupied  by  himself  and  maiden  sisters,  stood  where  Mechanics  Hall 
building  now  is.  Mr.  Waldo  was  a  member  of  the  famous  Hartford 
Convention. 

481  1845.     Rockwell  and  Stone's  Mammoth  Circus  exhibited 
on  lot  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Chandler  streets,  present 
location  of  Trinity  Church. 


88  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK.    . 

482  1871.     French  Catholic  Church  on  Park  street  dedicated. 
The  Society  was  formed  in  1869. 

July  10. 

483  I73I-     Worcester  County  erected. 

484  1784.     Rev.  Thaddeus  Maccarty  died.    ?$**-*?  >4^ 

He  was  born  in  Boston  in  1721.  In  his  youth  he  followed  a  seafaring 
life,  which  a  delicate  constitution  induced  him  to  abandon.  He  grad- 
uated at  Harvard  College  in  1739,  and  three  years  later  was  ordained 
pastor  over  the  church  in  Kingston,  Mass.  He  was  the  minister  of 
Worcester  from  1747  to  his  death  in  1784. 

485  1784.     House  of  Bezaleel  Stearns,  in  the  Gore  between 
Worcester  and  Grafton,  destroyed  by  fire. 

486  1856.     Worcester  County  Fremont  Club  formed. 

487  1860.     Rosa  Bonheur's  Horse  Fair  exhibited  in  Horti- 
cultural Hall. 

The  picture  remained  here  two  weeks. 

July  ii. 

488  1822.     Mutual  Fire  Society  forrned. 

The  Mutual  Fire  Society  had  its  origin  as  follows : 
"The  Hon.  Daniel  Waldo  was  a  member  of  the  Fire  Clttb  [i.  e.  the 
Worcester  Fire  Society]  formed  in  1793,  and  a  by-law  of  this  "Club" 
provided  that  no  person  should  become  a  member  of  it  except  by  a 
unanimous  ballot.  An  ecclesiastical  fire  was,  and  for  years  had  been, 
raging  in  the  Old  South  Church,  which  set  the  whole  town  in  a  blaze. 
Mr.  Waldo  seceded  from  the  Old  South  Society,  and  built,  at  his  own 
expense,  a  new  meeting  house,  which  was  completed  in  1823,  and  has 
been  successively  called  the  Calvinist  Church,  the  Central  Church,  and 
often  at  first,  the  Waldo  Church.  Gen.  Nathan  Heard  arid  Hon.  John 
Davis  retained  their  membership  in  the  Old  South  Church,  and  were 
both  decided  friends  of  its  pastor,  Rev.  Charles  A.  Goodrich,  a  college 
classmate  of  Mr.  Davis,  but  the  special  object  of  Mr.  Waldo's  dislike 
and  hostile  measures.  It  so  happened,  that,  without  any  purpose  of  in- 
volving or  affecting  ecclesiastical  matters,  Mr.  Heard  and  Mr.  Davis  were 
proposed  as  members  of  the  old  Fire  Club,  and  on  balloting  for  their 
admission,  each  was  Hacked  by  the  single  ballot  of  Mr.  Waldo;  and 


THE  CENTRAL  CHURCH. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  89 

his  exclusion  of  them  from  membership  led  to  the  formation  of  the 
MUTUAL  FIRE  SOCIETY." — Manuscript  of  the  Rev.  George  Allen. 

The  original  members  of  this  body  were  Artemas  Ward,  Austin 
Denny,  Lewis  Bigelow,  Jonathan  Wentworth,  Elisha  Flagg,  Nathan 
Heard,  jun.,  John  Davis,  John  C'oolidge,  Stephen  Goddard,  Joseph 
Swett,  Henry  Rogers,  Aaron  Howe,  Sewall  Hamilton,  Thomas  B.  Eaton, 
Simeon  Hurt,  Harmon  Chamberlin,  Benjamin  Howard,  Enoch  Flagg, 
Daniel  Hey  wood,  William  Manning,  John  F.  Clark  and  John  M.  Earle. 

The  following  were  subsequently  admitted :  Benjamin  Butman, 
Frederick  W.  Paine,  William  D.  Wheeler,  Gardner  A.  Paine,  William 
Hovey,  Willard  Brown,  Cyrus  Stock  well,  Asael  Bellows,  Francis  T. 
Merrick,  Lovell  Baker,  Luther  Burnett,  jr.,  Samuel  Harrington,  jr., 
George  Day,  L.  W.  Stowell,  Zenas  Studley,  Lewis  Lilley,  Richard 
Mills,  Albert  Brown,  Samuel  Banister,  Alpheus  Merrifield.  Silas  Bailey, 
James  Worthington,  Benjamin  Porter,  William  M.  Town,  William  B. 
Fox,  Samuel  Congdon  and  David  Wilder. 

489  1840.     First  issue  of  The  North  Bend,  a  paper  published 
at  the  office  of  the  Spy,  in  the  interest  of  Harrison  for  Presi- 
dent and  John  Davis  for  Governor.    It  was  discontinued  after 
the  canvass. 

490  1854.     Worcester  County  Kansas  League  formed. 
For  the  encouragement  of  emigration  to  Kansas. 

491  1860.     First  Public  Parade  of  the  Emmet  Guards,  M.  J. 
McCafferty,  Captain. 

492  1863.     Draft  in  Worcester. 

The  number  drafted  in  the  different  wards  was  as  follows.  In  ward  I, 
88;  2,  85;  3,  39;  4,  89;  5,  87;  6,  91;  7,  121;  8,  102. 

July  12. 

493  I73I-     First  Probate  Court  in  Worcester. 

494  1862.     War  Meeting  in  Mechanics  Hall. 

"The  immense  losses  incurred  by  our  armies  on  the  Peninsula,  in  the 
Shenandoah  valley,  and  elsewhere,  made  it  necessary  to  call  for  more 
troops.  Accordingly  a  great  meeting  was  held  on  the  I2th  of  July,  in 
Mechanics  Hall,  by  request  of  the  Mayor,  'to  respond  to  the  call  of 
the  Governor,  for  immediate  action  in  relation  to  the  recruiting  of  vol- 
unteers, to  fill  up  at  once  the  quota  of  Worcester  under  said  call.'  " — 
Marvin.  Ex-Gov.  Lincoln,  Gen.  Devens,  and  Rev.  Merrill  Richardson 
spoke. 


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• 

July  13- 

495  1674.     First  Indian  Deed  of  Worcester  signed. 

"A  deed  of  eight  miles  square,  for  the  consideration  of  'twelve  pounds 

lawful  money  of  New  England, within  three  months  after  the 

date  to  be  paid  and  satisfied,'  was  executed,  with  great  formality,  .  .  . 
by  Solomon,  alias  Woonaskochu,  sagamore  of  Tataesit,  and  John,  alias 
Hoorrawannonit,  sagamore  of  Packachoag." — Lincoln's  History.  The 
Indians  received,  on  account,  two  coats  and  four  yards  of  trucking 
cloth. 

July  14. 

496  1776.     The  Declaration  of  Independence  was  first  read  in 
Worcester. 

The  messenger  bearing  the  Declaration  to  Boston  was  intercepted  and 
a  copy  obtained,  which  was  read  to  the  people  from  the  porch  of  the 
Old  South  Church  by  Isaiah  Thomas,  the  patriot  printer. 

July  15- 

497  l835-     RCV-  David  Peabody  installed  Pastor  of  the  Central 
Church. 

He  was  dismissed  in  1838,  and  died  while  Professor  of  Rhetoric  in 
Dartmouth  College  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  Oct.  17,  1839,  aged  34. 

498  1874.     Soldiers'  Monument  dedicated. 

Seven  thousand  dollars  was  appropriated  by  the  City  Government  for 
the  occasion.  The  procession,  under  command  of  Gen.  Josiah  Pickett, 
included  the  City  Government  and  guests,  veterans  of  the  war,  nearly 
all  the  Grand  Army  posts  in  the  County,  with  numerous  societies  and 
lodges,  and  the  Fire  Department.  The  old  State  Guard  paraded  for 
the  last  time.  At  the  Monument  Hon.  Benjamin  F.  Thomas  read  an 
original  poem;  and  addresses  were  made  by  ex-Gov.  Bullock,  Gen. 
Devens,  George  Crompton,  Esq.  and  Mayor  Edward  L.  Davis.  Vice- 
President  Wilson  and  Gen.  Burnside  were  present. 
The  Monument  was  designed  by  Randolph  Rogers,  and  cost  $50,000. 

July  16. 

499  1810.     Peter  Stowell  died,  aged  48. 

Peter  Stowell  was  a  son  of  Cornelius  Stowell  who  came  here  soon  after 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  9! 

the  organization  of  the  town,  and  married  a  daughter  of  Palmer  Gould- 
ing,  senior.  Cornelius  Stowell  about  1790  took  his  sons,  Peter  and 
Ebenezer,  into  partnership  with  him,  and  began  the  business  of  manu- 
facturing woolen  cloths.  Jan.  4th,  1793,  their  shop  was  burned.  In 
1804,  the  sons,  Peter  and  Ebenezer,  commenced  the  weaving  of  car- 
pets, plaids,  &c.,  and  at  one  time  had  six  looms  of  their  own  invention 
and  construction  in  operation.  They  made  the  first  carpets  used  in  the 
State  House  at  Boston.  Peter  married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Capt.  Israel 
Jenison. 

500  1866.     Reception  in  Mechanics  Hall  to  James  Stephess, 
the  Fenian  Head  Center. 

501  1870.     Centennial  of  the  Massachusetts  Spy. 

It  was  observed  by  a  dinner  at  the  Bay  State  House,  followed  by  re- 
marks from  Hon.  J.  D.  Baldwin,  Judge  B.  F.  Thomas,  Hon.  J.  M.  Earle, 
ex-Gov.  Bullock,  and  Messrs.  Adin  Thayer,  C.  H.  Doe,  J.  E.  Greene, 
C.  H.  Woodwell  and  George  Jaques.  The  next  issue  of  the  Spy  con- 
tained fac-similes  of  the  first  number  published  in  Boston  in  1770,  and 
of  the  first  copy  printed  in  Worcester  in  1775. 

July  17. 

502  1725.     Indians  pursued  in  Worcester. 

See  a  letter  of  Benjamin  Flagg  printed  in  Lincoln's  History. 

503  1776.     The  Declaration  of  Independence  first  appeared  in 
print  in  New  England,  in  the  Massachusetts  Spy. 

504  1793.     Death  of  Hon.  Timothy  Paine. 

He  was  a  son  of  Hon.  Nathaniel  Paine  of  Bristol,  R.  I.,  and  was  born 
in  1 730.  Came  to  Worcester  when  a  child.  He  was  Clerk  of  the 
Courts  from  1750  to  1774;  Register  of  Probate,  175610  1767;  Register 
of  Deeds,  1761  to  1775;  and  a  Member  of  the  Executive  Council  from 
"  •  176610  1773.  Appointed  one  of  the  Mandamus  Councillors  in  1774, 
he  was  forced  to  resign  by  a  popular  demonstration.  He  also  filled  the 
offices  of  Selectman,  Town  Clerk,  and  Representative.  Although  of 
loyal  sympathies  during  the  Revolution,  he  does  not  appear  to  have 
forfeited,  in  any  degree,  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  townsmen. 

505  1854.     First  party  of  emigrants  departed  for  Kansas. 

A  large  number  started  from  Boston,  and  were  joined  at  Worcester  by 
those  belonging  in  this  vicinity. 


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506  1860.     Stephen  A.  Douglas  passed  through  Worcester. 

A  large  crowd  assembled  at  Washington  square,  and  a  salute  was  fired. 
Mr  Douglas  made  a  brief  speech  from  the  platform  of  the  car.  He 
passed  through  the  city  again  on  the  ist  of  August. 

July  18. 

507  1867.     Death  of  Hon.  Ira  M.  Barton. 

He  was  born  at  Oxford,  Oct.  25,  1796;  graduated  at  Brown  University 
in  1819;  and  practised  law  in  Oxford  from  1822  to  1834,  when'he  re- 
moved to  Worcester.  He  was  a  Representative,  1830-32,  and  1846; 
State  Senator,  1833-4;  Elector  on  the  Harrison  ticket  in  1840;  and 
Judge  of  Probate,  1836-44.  He  resided  until  his  death  in  the  Gardner 
Chandler  mansion,  opposite  the  Common. 

July  19. 

508  1861.     Camp  Lincoln,  at  the  Agricultural  ground,  occu- 
pied by  the  *5th  Regiment. 

509  1862.     War  Meeting  in  the  City  Hall. 

Addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  Mr.  Richardson,  Major  McCafferty  and 
Gen.  Devens.  A  "Committee  of  Safety"  of  one  hundred  was  chosen 
to  take  in  charge  the  business  of  recruiting. 

July  20. 

510  1818.     The  Elephant  Columbus  was  exhibited  at  Hatha- 
way's  Tavern.     Admission  25  cents. 

511  1845.     Second  [Laurel  street]  Methodist  Church  formed. 

512  1852.     Holy  Cross  College  burned. 

513  1854.     Republican  Party  organized. 

The  preliminary  organization  first  attempted  in  a  hall,  was  adjourned 
to  the  Common;  Putnam  W.  Taft  was  President,  and  W.  H.  Harris  and 
Thomas  Drew,  Secretaries.  Permanent  organization  was  effected  by 
the  choice  of  Oliver  B.  Morris  of  Springfield  as  President,  with  ten 
Vice-Presidents.  Speeches  were  made  by  Henry  Wilson,  Rev.  John 
Pierpont,  Theodore  Parker  and  others.  Resolutions  in  stout  opposition 
to  the  slave  power  were  adopted;  and  the  convention  adjourned  to 
^  meet  in  September  for  the  purpose  of  nominating  state  officers. 


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July  21. 

5 14  1864.    The  Fifteenth  Regiment  arrived  home  from  the  war. 
It  was  honored  the  next  day  with  a  grand  public  reception. 

July  22. 

515  1776.     First  Celebration  of  Independence. 

Cannon  were  fired,  bells  were  rung,  bonfires  lighted,  and  the  colors  of 
the  Colonies  displayed.  "The  Declaration  of  Independence  of  the 
United  States  was  read  to  a  large  and  respectable  body,  among  whom 
were  the  Selectmen  and  Committee  of  Correspondence,  assembled  on 
the  occasion,  who  testified  their  approbation  by  repeated  huzzas."  A 
large  number  repaired  to  the  "King's  Arms"  tavern,  where  the  obnox- 
ious sign  was  destroyed,  [see  ante,  No.  26.]  and  the  company  partook 
of  a  dinner  at  which  toasts  were  drank. 

516  1802.     "Mrs.  Gannet's  Exhibition.   The  Ladies  and  Gen- 
tlemen of  Worcester  are  respectfully  informed  that  Mrs.  Gan- 
net,  the  celebrated  American  Heroine,  who  served  nearly  three 
years  with  great  reputation  in  our  Revolutionary  Army,  will, 
at  the  request  of  a  number  of  respectable  characters,  deliver 
an  Address  to  the  inhabitants  of  this  town,  in  the  Court  House, 
to-morrow,  at  5  o'clock,  p.  M. 

•        "figg"  Tickets  may  be  had  of  I.  Thomas,  Jun.,  price  25  cents 
— children  half-price." — Spy,  July  21. 

"Deborah  Sampson,  who  served  three  years  as  a  soldier  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary army,  was  born  in  Plympton,  Mass.,  17  Dec.,  1760;  died  29 
April,  1827.  Her  poverty  and  her  patriotism  led  her  to  enlist  in  the 
4th  Mass.  Regiment  under  the  name  of  Robert  ShurtlefF.  She  was 
wounded  in  a  skirmish  at  Tarrytown;  was  present  at  Yorktown; 
and  after  the  war  married  Benjamin  Gannett,  a  farmer  of  Sharon,  and 
received  a  pension.  She  published  '  Female  Review'  (i2mo,  Dedham, 
1797),  probably  written  by  herself.  A  new  edition,  with  introduction 
and  notes  by  Rev.  John  A.  Vinton,  was  published  in  1866." — Drake's 
Diet.  Am.  Biog. 

517  1847.     Funeral  of  Capt.  George  Lincoln,  killed  in'the  Bat- 
tle of  Buena  Vista,  Mexico,  February  23,  1847. 

The  remains  arrived  from  Boston  at  1 1  A.  M.,  under  escort  of  the  New 
England  Guards.     A  procession  of  military  formed  on  the  Common 
M 


94  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

under  command  of  Gen.  George  Hobbs,  and  with  civic  bodies  under 
direction  of  Col.  Isaac  Davis,  proceeded  to  the  house  of  ex-Gov.  Lin- 
coln, where  the  remains  were  received  with  military  honors.  The  arms 
of  the  deceased,  with  his  cap,  plume  and  belt,  were  placed  upon  the 
coffin.  His  charger,  which  he  rode  on  the  fatal  battle  field,  was  led  by 
a  corporal  of  the  U.  S.  Army.  The  procession  moved  through  Elm, 
West,  Pleasant  and  Main  streets,  to  the  First  Unitarian  Church,  where 
services  were  conducted  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hill. 

518  1859.     Boiler  Explosion  at  the  Wire  Works,  Grove  street. 
The  large  steam  boiler,  30  feet  long,  4  feet  in  diameter,  and  weighing 
5  tons,  exploded  with  tremendous  force,  shattering  the  engine  house 
of  brick,  and  demolishing  walls  of  buildings  adjacent.     Several  work- 
men were  severely  injured.     The  boiler  shot  into  the  air  200  feet  and 
landing  in  a  garden  on  Lincoln  street,  1-4  of  a  mile  distant,  rebounded 
across  the  street,  and  entered  the  earth  4  feet. 

July  24. 

519  1817.     "New  Circus.     Mechanick  street,  (near  the  South 
Meeting  House),  Worcester.     Mr.  West's  Stud  of  performing 
Horses,  for  a  few  nights  only.     Boxes,  one  dollar.      Pit,  fifty 
cents." 

520  1845.     First  Daily  Spy  published. 
See  ante,  No.  370. 

July  25. 

521  1850.     Death  of  Samuel  M.  Burnside. 

He  was  born  at  Northumberland,  N.  H.,  in  1783;  studied  law  with 
Judge  Ward  of  Boston;  and  commenced  practice  in  \\estborough  in 
1810.  He  removed  to  Worcester  the  same  year,  where  he  lived  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  His  residence  for  some  years  was  the  Jedediah 
Healy  house,  between  the  present  American  House  and  Union  blocks, 
on  Main  street;  later,  he  built  the  fine  residence  on  Chestnut  street,  now 
occupied  by  his  daughters.  Mr.  Burnside's  reputation  for  learning  in 
his  profession  was  high. 

July  26. 

522  1809.     First  issue  of  The  Scorpion. 

A  virulent  political  paper,  published  weekly.  Only  three  numbers 
were  printed. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  95 

523  1826.     Attempt  to  break  the  Worcester  Bank. 

A  person  representing  himself  as  an  agent  of  the  Suffolk  Bank  of  Bos- 
ton presented  hills  of  the  Worcester  Bank  to  the  amount  of  548,000, 
and  demanded  the  specie,  which  was  more  cash  than  the  bank  had  in 
its  possession.  He  was  paid  in  part,  and  offered  a  draft  for  the  re- 
mainder, which  was  refused.  The  next  day  the  property  of  the  bank 
was  attached,  but  in  the  meantime  provision  had  been  made  for  the 
payment  of  the  amount.  The  action  of  the  Suffolk  Bank  was  in  con- 
sequence of  the  refusal  of  the  directors  of  the  Worcester  Bank  to  main- 
tain a  deposit  with  the  former  for  the  redemption  of  its  notes.  A  full 
account  of  this  affair  will  be  found  at  page  364  of  Hersey's  History. 

524  1832.     First  Menagerie  :  Lion,  Tiger,  etc.,  exhibited  at 
Central  Hotel. 

525  1859.     First  Regatta  of  College  crews  at  Lake  Quinsiga- 
mond. 

Regattas  were  held  here  yearly  until  1870. 

526  1862.     Great  War  Meeting  on  the  Common.    * 

The  Meeting  was  called  at  1 1  A.  M.,  and  nearly  all  business  was  sus- 
pended. Addresses  were  made  by  Col.  Wells  of  the  34th  Regt.,  Gov. 
Andrew,  John  B.  dough  and  others. 

July  28. 

527  1860.     A  Bell  and  Everett  Flag  was  displayed  at  Central 
Exchange. 

July  29. 

528  1861.     Reception  of  the  1 3th  Regiment. 

The  Regiment  left  Boston  at  5  p.  M.,  and  reached  Worcester  at  7.15. 
It  was  received  by  four  companies  from  Camp  Scott  under  command 
of  Lt.-Col.  Ward ;  and  marched  and  counter-marched  through  Main 
street  to  the  City  Hall,  where  a  collation  was  provided.  The  Regi- 
ment departed  at  9.30. 

July  30. 

529  1840.     Log  Cabin  Meeting. 

"Gov.  Lincoln's  speech  is  spoken  of  as  one  of  uncommon  ability.  He 
fixed  the  lie  on  the  Palladium  man  in  reference  to  the  charges  against 
himself  and  Gov.  Davis." — Spy,  Aug.  j. 


96  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

July  31- 

530  1831.      Sunday  Evening  Concert  in  the  South  Meeting 
House,  by  the  Worcester  Harmonic  Society,  for  the  benefit 
of  Mr.  Emory  Perry,  the  President.     Tickets  25  cents. 

13 i  l&73-     Worcester  and  Shrewsbury  Railroad  opened. 

August  i. 

532  1861.     Return  of  the  Worcester  Light  Infantry  from  the 
war. 

533  1862.     Great  War  Meeting  in  Mechanics  Hall  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Freedom  Club. 

August  2. 

534  1824.     Corner  Stone  of  Town  Hall  laid  with  Masonic  cere- 
monies. 

August  3. 

535  I775-     "Last  Thursday  the  prisoners  who  were  taken  at 
Light  House  Island  arrived  here,  under  guard,  from  Head 
Quarters   at  Cambridge.      There  were  twenty-two  marines, 
(including  two  Serjeants  and  two  corporals  ;  the  Lieutenant 
who  commanded  the  party  belonged  to  the  Preston,  and  was 
with  three  others  killed  on  the  spot ;  seven  were  wounded), 
and  twelve  tory  carpenters,  (among  whom  was  the  infamous 
Jonathan  Hampton  of  New  York),  in  all  thirty-four.      The 
Saturday  following  they  were  according  to  order,  sent  from 
this  town  to  Springfield,  where  they  are  to  remain  for  the 
present."— Spy,  Aug.  9,  1773. 

536  1821.     The  West  Point  Cadets,  under  command  of  Major 
Worth,  arrived  in  town  at  6  A.  M.  on  their  return  from  Boston. 
They  encamped  on  an  eminence  adjacent  to  Back   (now  Summer)  st. 
At  1 1  A.  M.  the  battalion  marched  to  the  hotel  of  Howe  and  White. 
In  the  evening  they  were  received  at  the  mansion  of  Hon.  I.evi  Lincoln, 
and  left  town  at  4  A.  M.  the  next  day. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  97 

537  ^35'     Visit  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Com- 
pany of  Boston. 

The  Company  encamped  west  of  the  town,  and  remained  three  days. 

August  4. 

538  1799-     "In  Memory  of  SAMUEL  BRIDGE,  Deac.  of  the  zd 
Church  in  Worcester     In  life  he  exhibited  the  virtues  of  the 
active  &  useful  Citizen,  and  graces  of  the  pious  &  cheerful 

'  Christian.  He  was  an  example  of  fidelity  and  punctuality. 
A  pattern  of  decency  and  order,  and  A  promoter  of  every 
plan  of  public  utility  or  private  benevolence.  Obiit  the  4th 
of  August  1799  sEfatis  65. 

"Married  Mary  Goodwin,  March  i,st,  1757.  Lived  on  the  east  side  of 
what  is  now  Lincoln  street.  Was  a  constable  of  the  town  of  Worces- 
ter. A  signer  of  the  royalist  protest  of  1774.  Crier  of  the  Courts  from 
1779  to  1799." — Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

339  1864.     National  Fast  and  Great  Storm. 

340  1879.     Anthony  Chase  died,  aged  88. 

He  was  horn  in  Paxton,  and  came  to  Worcester  in  1816.  Was  in  bus- 
iness  with  his  brother-in-law,  John  Milton  Earle,  also  connected  with 
him  in  the  publication  of  the  Spy.  He  was  the  first  agent  of  the  Black- 
stone  canal;  County  Treasurer,  1831-65  (succeeded  by  his  son);  Sec- 
retary Worcester  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  1832-52,  and  President 
1852-79;  also  connected  with  other  financial  institutions.  A  member 
of  the  Society  of  Friends. 

August  5. 

541  1757.     Lord  Howe  passed  through  Worcester  from  Boston 
to  New  York. 

George  Augustus,  Lord  Viscount  Howe  was  the  eldest  son  of  the  sec- 
ond Lord  Howe,  born  in  1724.  He  succeeded  to  the  title  in  1735.  As 
Colonel  of  the  Royal  Americans  he  was  ordered  to  this  country  in  1757, 
and  was  appointed  Brigadier-General  in  December  of  that  year.  He 
was  killed  in  a  skirmish  near  Ticonderoga,  July  6,  1758.  Massachu- 
setts erected  a  monument  to  his  memory  in  Westminster  Abbey. 

542  1851.     Celebration  of  Emancipation  in  the  West  Indies. 
Speeches  were  made  by   H.  I.   Bowditch,   Parker  Pillsbury,  William 
Lloyd  Garrison,  Wendell  Phillips  and  others. 


98  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

543  l&73-     Corner  Stone  of  Piedmont  Church  laid. 

August  6. 

544  1803.     "Erected  To  the  Memory  of  LIEU*  BENJR  STOWELL, 
who  died  August  6,  1803.  M.  73. 

"Was  lieutenant  in  Capt.  Johnson's  company  which  served  under  Gen. 
Amherst  in  the  campaign  of  1779.  Selectman,  1777." — Inscriptions 
from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

545  1840.     S.  G.  Goodrich,  (Peter  Parley),  addressed  a  Har- 
rison meeting. 

546  1840.     Ladies'  meeting  in  aid  of  the  Bunker  Hill  Monu- 
ment building  fund. 

547  1858.     100  guns  were  fired  and  the  church  bells  rung  for 
the  success  of  the  Atlantic  Cable. 

548  1869.     Death  of  Hon.  Charles  Allep. 

He  was  a  son  of  Hon.  Joseph  Allen  and  brother  of  Rev.  George  Allen, 
born  in  Worcester  August  9,  1797.  Admitted  to  the  bar  in  1818  he 
practised  in  New  Braintree,  but  soon  returned  to  Worcester;  member 
of  both  branches  of  the  Legislature;  one  of  the  N.  E.  Boundary  Com- 
missioners in  1842;  Judge  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  1842-4;  Chief  Jus- 
tice of  Suffolk  Co.  Superior  Court,  1858-9,  and  of  Mass.  Superior  Court, 
1859-67.  In  1848,  he  dissolved  the  Whig  party  at  the  Philadelphia 
Convention,  by  "spurning  the  bribe"  of  the  vice-presidency  offered  to 
Massachusetts;  and  the  ensuing  fall  was  elected  to  Congress,  serving 
two  terms.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Peace  Convention  of  1861. 

August  7. 

549  1861.     A  flag  was  presented  to  the  Fifteenth  Regiment  by 
the  Ladies  of  Worcester. 

The  ceremony  took  place  in  the  City  HalJ,  and  the  presentation  speech 
was  by  the  Hon.  George  F.  Hoar,  to  which  Col.  Devens  made  an  ap- 
propriate response. 

August  8. 

55°       J779-     Deacon  Chamberlain  left  the  Church  on  account  of 
innovation  in  singing. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  99 

"Anciently,  those  who  joined  in  singing  the  devotional  poetry  of  reli- 
gious exercises,  were  dispersed  through  the  congregation After 

the  clergyman  had  read  the  whole  psalm,  he  repeated  the  first  line, 
which  was  sung  by  those  who  were  able  to  aid  in  the  pious  melody : 
the  eldest  deacon  then  pronounced  the  next  line,  which  was  sung  in  a 
similar  manner,  and  the  exercises  of  singing  and  reading  went  on  al- 
ternately  By  resolution  of  the  town,  Aug.  5,  1779,  [it  was] 

'voted,  that  the  mode  of  singing  in  the  congregation  here,  be  without 
reading  the  psalms,  line  by  line,  to  be  sung.' 

"The  sabbath  succeeding,  .  .  .  after  the  hymn  had  been  read  by  the 
minister,  the  aged  and  venerable  Deacon  Chamberlain,  unwilling  to 
desert  the  custom  of  his  fathers,  rose  and  read  the  first  line  according 
to  his  usual  practice.  The  singers,  prepared  to  carry  the  alteration  in- 
to effect,  proceeded,  without  pausing  at  its  conclusion  :  the  white-haired 
officer  of  the  church,  with  the  full  power  of  his  voice,  read  on,  until 
the  louder  notes  of  the  collected  body  overpowered  the  attempt  to  re- 
sist improvement,  and  the  deacon,  deeply  mortitied  at  the  triumph  of 
musical  reformation,  seized  his  hat,  and  retired  from  the  meeting  house 
in  tears." — Lincoln's  History. 

551  1861.     Departure  of  the  Fifteenth  Regiment. 

The  Regiment  participated  in  the  disastrous  battle  of  Ball's  Bluff,  and 
also  in  the  battles  of  Fair  Oaks,  Antietam,  Gettysburg,  the  Wilderness 
and  others.  It  arrived  home  July  21,  1864,  with  its  numbers  reduced  to 
150  men. 

August  9. 

552  1856.      Hon.   Henry  B.  Stanton  addressed  a  Fr^nront 
meeting. 

August  10. 

553  I73I-     First  Inferior  Courts  in  the  county. 

554  1808.     Gen.  Moreau  passed  through  Worcester  on  his  way 
to  Ballston  springs. 

"We  have  yet  to  learn  what  this  great  General  is  about  in  this  country; 
we  think  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  the  mystery  will  be  unravelled. 
God  grant  that  our  fears  may  prove  groundless." — Spy,  Aug.  17. 

Jean  Victor  Moreau,  one  of  the  most  eminent  generals  of  France, 
was  born  at  Morlaix  in  Brittany,  Aug.  n,  1763.  Jealous  of  the  ability 
and  power  of  Napoleon,  he  was  implicated  in  a  conspiracy  against  him, 


100  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

and  in  1804  was  exiled  to  the  United  States.  He  lived  with  his  wife 
at  Morrisville,  Pa.,  and  at  New  York  until  1813,  when  he  returned  to 
Europe,  and  co-operated  with  the  allies  against  France.  He  was  mor- 
tally wounded  at  the  battle  of  Dresden,  August  27,  1813. 

555  1835.     Assault  on  the  Rev.  Orange  Scott.    , 

Mr.  Scott  was  delivering  an  anti-slavery  lecture  in  the  Town  Hall,  when 
Levi  Lincoln,  jr.,  and  Patrick  Doyle  entered  and  walked  directly  to  the 
desk.  The  former  seized  the  lecturer's  notes  and  deliberately  tore 
them  in  pieces,  while  Doyle,  who  was  a  stout  Irishman,  laid  hold  of  the 
lecturer  with  the  intention  of  dragging  him  out;  several  persons  inter- 
fered and  he  desisted.  The  meeting  at  once  dispersed. 

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August  n. 

556  1805.     [Sunday]    Court  House  struck  by  lightning. 

"The  lightning  touched  the  front  pediment,  threw  off  the  shingles, 
shivered  the  diamond  glass  of  the  large  eastern  window,  shattered  the 
Venetian  blind,  and  splintered  the  style  of  the  door." 

August  12. 

557  1812.      Convention  of  delegates  from  41   towns  met  at 
Worcester,  for  the  purpose  of  expressing  disapprobation  of  the 
war  with  Great  Britain. 

August  13. 

558  1846.     Funeral  of  Bishop  Fenwick. 

He  died  in  Boston  the  loth,  and  was  buried  with  imposing  ceremonies 
at  the  College  of  the  Holy  Cross,  Worcester,  on  the  13th. 

Benedict  J.  Fenwick  was  born  in  Maryland  in  1782.  Joining  the 
Jesuits,  he  became  President  of  Georgetown  College,  and  in  1825  was 
consecrated  Roman  Catholic  Bishop  of  Boston.  He  increased  the  num- 
ber of  churches  in  his  diocese  from  two  to  fifty. 

August  15. 

559  1862.     Departure  of  the  Thirty-fourth  Regiment. 

This  Regiment  was  in  the  battles  of  New  Market,  Cedar  Creek,  Pied- 
mont, Lynchburg,  Winchester  and  others.  It  was  mustered  out  July  6, 
1865. 

560  1875.     [Sunday]    Union  Railroad  Station  first  occupied. 


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August  16. 

561  1845.     Park  Street  Methodist  Church  dedicated. 

August  17. 

562  1786.     Johnson  Green  executed  for  burglary. 

563  1820.     Central  Church  organized. 

564  1861.     John  G.  Whittier  visited  Worcester. 

565  1882.     Death  of  Judge  Hartley  Williams. 

He  was  born  at  Mercer,  Me.,  and  came  to  Worcester  in  1843.  He 
studied  law  with  Hon.  F.  H.  Dewey,  and  afterwards  was  his  partner  for 
1 3  years;  was  Alderman  in  1854;  Senator,  1862-3;  member  of  Gov- 
ernor's Council,  1864-5;  District  Attorney,  1 866-8;  and  Judge  of  the 
Municipal  and  Central  District  Courts  at  Worcester  from  1868  until  his 
death.  He  was  the  first  President  of  the  Natives  of  Maine,  and  was 
struck  with  paralysis  while  presiding  at  one  of  their  meetings,  March 
30,  preceding  his  decease. 

August  19. 

566  1839.     Death  of  Rev.  Aaron  Bancroft,  D.  D. 

He  was  born  at  Reading,  Mass.,  Nov.  10,  1755;  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1778;  and  was  ordained  Pastor  of  the  Second  Church  in 
Worcester,  Feb.  I,  1786.  He  married  Lucretia,  daughter  of  Hon. 
John  Chandler,  the  refugee,  Oct.  21,  1786.  Dr.  Bancroft  was  a  Fellow 
of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences;  and  was  prominently 
connected  with  other  educational,  literary  and  religious  institutions. 

567  1868.     The  Chinese  Embassy  arrived  in  Worcester. 

Hon.  Anson  Burlingame,  Ambassador;  and  Chih  ta-jen  and  Sun  ta-jen, 
Associate  Ambassadors,  and  suite,  reached  here  in  the  afternoon,  and 
remained  at  the  Bay  State  House  over  night. 

August  20. 

568  1829.    New  Brick  Meeting  House  of  the  Unitarian  Society 
dedicated. 

This  building  occupied  the  site  of  the  present  edifice  on  Court  Hill.  It 
was  destroyed  by  fire,  Aug.  24,  1849. 

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IO2  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

August  21. 

569  1735-     Gov.  Belcher,  accompanied  by  his  Council,  passed 
through  Worcester  on  his  way  to  Albany  to  hold  a  conference 
with  the  Six  Nations. 

He  was  waited  on  in  Worcester  by  the  Justices  of  the  Court  of  General 
Sessions,  and  an  address  was  read  by  the  Hon.  John  Chandler,  to  which 
the  .Governor  replied 'in  a  gracious  manner. 

570  1788.     First  issue  of  the  American  Herald  and  Worcester 
Recorder. 

The  Herald  had  been  published  in  Boston  the  seven  years  preceding, 
and  was  continued  in  Worcester  two  years  and  two  months.  Edward 
Eveleth  Powers,  bookseller  and  printer,  was  the  publisher. 

AugUSt    22. 

571  1774.     Hon.  Timothy  Paine  was  forced  to  resign  his  office 
of  Mandamus  Councilor  by  a  mob  of  fifteen  hundred  persons. 

He  was  required  to  write  his  resignation,  and  was  then  obliged  to  read 
it  to  the  people  "with  his  hat  off";  after  which  the  crowd  withdrew  to 
pay  a  visit  to  the  Hon.  John  Murray  of  Rutland,  another  Councilor. 
An  interesting  account  of  this  affair  is  printed  in  Lovell's  Worcester  in 
the  War  of  the  Revolution. 

572  1838.     The  large  Machine  Shop  of  Henry  Goulding  &  Co. 
on  School  street,  was  destroyed  by  fire. 

573  1861.     Ex- President  Franklin  Pierce  in  Worcester. 

August  23. 

574  1824.     Burials  on  the  Common  prohibited. 

575  1861.     Departure  of  the  Twenty-first  Regiment. 

This  Regiment  embarked  for  North  Carolina  on  the  Burnside  expedi- 
tion, and  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Roanoke  and  Newbern.  The  next 
spring  it  was  sent  to  Virginia,  and  was  in  the  battles  of  second  Bull  Run, 
Chantilly,  South  Mountain,  Antietam,  Fredericksburg,  the  Wilderness 
and  others.  It  was  mustered  out  Aug.  30,  1864. 

576  1877.     Visit  of  President  Hayes. 

He  was  on  his  return  to  Washington  from  the  Bennington  Centennial, 
and  was  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Hayes,  Secretary  Evarts,  Postmaster 
General  Key  and  Attorney  General  Devens.  The  party  arrived  at  6.50 


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p.  M.,  and  was  escorted  in  procession  to  the  Bay  State  House.  A  sa- 
lute was  fired.  A  reception  was  held  at  Senator  Hoar's  residence  and 
the  visitors  left  the  city  at  10  p.  M. 

August  24. 

577  J774-     Clark  Chandler  was  forced  to  obliterate  the  Tory 
Protest  recorded  in  the  town  book. 

This  protest  had  been  rejected  by  the  Patriots  in  town  meeting,  June 
20,  1774.  (See  ante,  No.  364.)  When  the  fact  that  it  had  been  en- 
tered upon  the  records  came  to  light,  a  storm  of  indignation  was  excited, 
and  the  town  clerk  was  obliged  in  open  meeting  to  obliterate  the  entry 
with  a  pen,  and  was  also  required  to  dip  his  fingers  in  ink  and  rub  them 
over  the  page. 

578  1820.     Dedication  of  Antiquarian  Hall,  Summer  street. 
An  oration  was  given  by  Isaac  Goodwin.     This  building  was  erected 
by  Isaiah  Thomas  and  presented  to  'the  society.     The  main  building 
was  46  feet  long  and  36  feet  wide,  with  a  cupola.     Wings  were  added 
in  1832,  each  28  by  21  feet.     This  building  was,  on  account  of  damp- 
ness and  other  considerations,  abandoned  in  1853,  and  the  collections 
removed  to  the  new  hall  on  Court  Hill. 

579  1849.     Unitarian  Meeting  House  burned. 

It  \\as  erected  in  1829  at  an  expense  of  $i 7,000.     See  ante,  No.  568. 

580  1872.     Death  of  George  Jaques. 

He  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  Feb.  18,  1816.  After  attending  Lei- 
cester Academy,  he  entered  Brown  University  and  graduated  in  1836. 
For  several  years  he  devoted  himself  to  teaching  school  in  Virginia  and 
Massachusetts;  later  he  was  engaged  in  horticultural  pursuits  and  in 
the  care  of  his  estate.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  and  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Horticultural  Society,  and  compiled  the  first  volume  of 
its  transactions.  He.  visited  Europe  in  1856.  In  1871  he  presented  a 
lot  of  about  four  acres  of  land  to  the  city  as  a  site  for  a  public  hospital ; 
and  by  his  will  bequeathed  the  bulk  of  his  property  for  the  support  of 
that  institution.  The  wishes  of  the  testator  were  carried  out  only  after 
much  delay  and  with  manifest  reluctance  by  those  having  the  matter 
in  charge. 

Many  of  Mr.  Jaques's  household  effects  and  family  heirlooms  were 
hustled  to  the  auction  room  and  disposed  of  to  a  crowd  of  the  curious 
and  vulgar,  while  his  private  papers  were  scattered  broadcast.  From 
materials  rescued  from  junk  dealers  and  book-sharks,  Mr.  Albert  A. 
Lovell  compiled  and  published  a  memorial  volume  comprising  a  sketch 
of  his  life  and  selections  from  his  journals. 


104  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

August  27. 

581  1733-     Millstone  Hill  granted  to  the  town  forever. 
See  Records  of  the  Proprietors. 

582  1781.     "Monday  last  the  Hon  John  Sullivan  Esq.,  Mem- 
ber of  Congress  from  the  State  of  New- Hampshire  passed 
through  this  town  from  Philadelphia.     The  celebrated  Chev- 
alier John  Paul  Jones,  Capt.  in  the  American  Navy,  was  in 
company  with  Gen.  Sullivan  ;  he  was  also  from  Philadelphia, 
bound  to  the  eastward." — Spv,  Aug.  jo. 

August  28. 

583  1861.     Hon.  Joseph  Holt,  the  loyal  Kentuckian,  passed 
through  Worcester. 

August  29. 

584  1856.     Lucretia  Mott  addressed  a  meeting  in  Horticultural 
Hall. 

585  1860.      Republican  Convention :    John   A.   Andrevt   first 
nominated  for  governor. 

586  1868.     Free  Public  Market  opened. 

Front  street,  north  side  of  City  Hall.  It  was  discontinued  after  a  year 
or  two. 

August  30. 

587  1814.     "Horrible  depravity.'     When  the  news  of  the  cap- 
ture of  Washington  reached  this  town,  some  of  the  leading 
federalists  openly  expressed  their  gratification,  mingled  with 
a  regret  that  the  President  was  not  involved  in  the  destruction 
of  the  Capital  !" — National  sEgis,  Aug.  31. 

588  1854.     First  issue  of  the  Worcester  Evening  Journal. 

I  he  Rev.  David  Higgins  was  editor  until  Jan.  i,  1855,  when  Dexter  F. 
Parker  assumed  the  management  of  the  paper  and  conducted  it  in 
the  interest  of  the  "Know  Nothing"  party.  The  last  number  was  dated 
May  26,  1855. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  105 

589  1862.     Visit  of  Gen.  Corcoran. 

He  was  given  a  public  reception  on  the  Common  at  8  A.  M.;  a  salute 
was  fired  and  bells  were  rung.  He  made  a  speech  to  the  large  crowd 
assembled,  and  left  for  Springfield  at  10.  "At  the  depot  a  large  num- 
ber of  ladies  availed  themselves  of  the  privilege  accorded  to  them  by 
kissing  their  hero." — Spy. 

Michael  Corcoran  was  born  in  Ireland,  Sept.  21,  1827,  ancl  came  to 
America  in  1849.  As  Colonel  of  the  69th  N.  Y.  he  responded  to  the 
call  for  troops;  was  taken  prisoner  at  Bull  Run,  and  suffered  in  rebel 
prisons  for  more  than  a  year.  After  his  exchange  he  returned  to  duty, 
and  died  near  Fairfax  C.  H.,  Va.,  Dec.  22,  1863. 

August  31. 

590  1863.     Celebration  at  the  opening  of  the  Horse  Railroad. 
A  salute  was  fired  at  New  Worcester;  addresses  were  made  in  Coes's 
grove  by  James  .B.  Blake,  president  of  the  road;  Mayor  D.  W.  Lincoln 
and  others;  and  an  original  poem  was  read  by  Judge  Chapin. 

September  i. 

591  1847.     First  issue  of  the  Worcester  Daily  Journal. 

The  second  number  appeared  Sept.  15;  after  that  date  it  was  issued 
daily.  It  was  discontinued  in  Oct.,  1849. 

592  1847.     Henri  Herz,  composer  and  first  pianist  to  the  King 
of  the  French  ;  and  Camillo  Sivori,  the  only  pupil  of  the  great 
Paganini.  at  Brinley  Hall. 

593  1858.     Illumination  and  military  parade  for  the  success  of 
the  Atlantic  Cable. 

September  2. 

594  1777-     "On  Tuesday  arrived  here  from  the  northward  be- 
tween  four  and  five  hundred  prisoners,  and  yesterday  they  sat 
out  for  Boston,  under  a  strong  guard  commanded  by  Lieuten- 
ant Colonel  Paul  Revere." — Spy,  Thursday,  Sept.  4,  1777. 

595  1851.    Powers's  "Greek  Slave"  on  exhibition  at  Flagg  Hall. 

596  1862.     Departure  of  the  Thirty-sixth  Regiment. 

This  Regiment  was  in  the  battles  of  Fredericksburg,  the  Wilderness, 


IO6  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

Spottsylvania  C.  H.  and  others,  and  performed  much  hard  service  and 
many  long  marches.  It  was  mustered  out  June  21,  1865. 

September  3. 

597  1823.     First  issue  of  the  Massachusetts  Yeoman. 

Thi%  paper  was  founded  by  Austin  Denny,  and  was  conducted  in  the 
interest  of  the  Anti-Masonic  party.  It  was  consolidated  with  the  Algis 
in  1833. 

598  1824.     Lafayette  in  Worcester. 

He  arrived  at  10  A.  M.  with  a  large  military  escort,  and  was  received  by 
Hon.  Levi  Lincoln,  at  his  mansion,  with  an  address  of  welcome,  to 
which  he  responded.  The  streets  were  handsomely  decorated  with 
flags  and  mottoes.  After  partaking  of  breakfast  and  reviewing  the 
troops,  Lafayette  proceeded  on  his  way  at  2  P.  M. 

599  1855.     Corner  stone  of  Mechanics  Hall  laid. 

A  procession  of  military  and  other  bodies  paraded;  Henry  S.  Wash- 
burn  delivered  an  address;  and  a  dinner  was  served  in  Agricultural 
Hall. 

600  1878.     First  New  England  Fair  in  Worcester. 
The  Fair  was  held  here  annually  from  1878  to  1882. 

September  4. 

60 1  1788.     Stone  Jail  completed. 

At  what  is  now  Lincoln  square.  It  was  judged  at  the  time  of  its  erec- 
tion to  have  been  "the  second  stone  building  of  consequence  in  the 
Commonwealth;  none  being  thought  superior  except  the  Stone  Chapel 
in  Boston."  It  was  asserted  that  it  would  not  need  any  repairs,  except- 
ing the  roof,  for  two  or  three  centuries  !  It  was  taken  down  in  1835. 

602  1850.     Mozart  Society  formed. 

United  with  the  Beethoven  Society  in  Nov.  1866,  to  form  the  Worces- 
ter Mozart  and  Beethoven  Choral  Union,  which  became,  in  1871,  the 
Worcester  Choral  Union. 

603  1861.     Opening  of  the  Free  Public  Library  Building,  Elm 
street. 

604  1871.     First  Passenger  Train,  Boston,  Barre  and  Gardner 
Railroad. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  1 07 

September  5. 

605  1786.    Courts  prevented  from  sitting  by  Shays's  insurgents. 

606  1861.     Gen.  B.  F.  Butler  spoke  on  the  Common. 

He  was  on  his  way  to  Lowell  from  the  seat  of  war,  on  a  ten  days'  fur- 
lough. 

607  1881.     Death  of  Samuel  K.  Haven,  LL.  D. 

He  was  born  in  Dedham,  Mass.,  May  28,  1806.  Entered  Harvard  Col- 
lege and  completed  his  course  at  Amherst.  In  1837,  he  became  Li- 
brarian to  the  American  Antiquarian  Society.  He  was  the  author  of 
Historical  Address  at  Dedham,  1836;  Archaeology  of  the  United  States, 
1855,  published  by  the  Smithsonian  Institution;  and  other  works. 

September  6. 

608  1774.     The  Courts  were  adjourned  by  a  mob  of  6000  men. 
They  did  not  resume  their  functions  until  after  their  re-organization  in 
1776. 

609  1779-     "Monday  last  the  Chevalier  de  la  Luzerne,  Minis- 
ter Plenipotentiary  from  the  Court  of  France  to  these  States, 
with  his  Secretary,  attendants,  &c.,  escorted  by  a  party  of  light 
dragoons,  passed  through  this  town  from  Boston,  on  their  way 
to  Philadelphia." — Spy,  Thursday,  Sept.  9,  1779. 

Anne  Caesar  de  la  Luzerne  was  born  at  Paris  in  1741.  He  served  in 
the  Seven-Years'  War;  afterwards  was  Minister  to  Bavaria;  to  the 
United  States  from  1779  to  1783;  and  to  London,  where  he  died  Sept. 
14,  1791.  While  in  this  country  he  conducted  himself  in  a  manner 
that  won  the  affection  and  esteem  of  all. 

6 10  1783.     First  issue  of  the  Massachusetts  Herald  or  Wor- 
cester Journal. 

This  was  intended  as  an  abridgement  of  the  Spy,  to  be  published  in 
quarto  form  every  Saturday.  Only  four  numbers  were  issued. 

611  1788.     Last  Proprietors'  Meeting. 

612  1856.     Reception  to  Hon.  Nathaniel  P.  Banks,  Speaker  of 
the  U.  S.  House  of  Representatives,  at  the  Lincoln  House. 

613  1861 .     Hon .  Horace  Maynard,  of  Tennessee,  spoke  in  the 
City  Hall. 


IO8  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

614  1881.     Yellow  Day. 

This  may  be  ranked  with  the  celebrated  dark  day  in  New  England  a 
century  before.  Lights  were  kept  burning  in  the  stores,  and  at  times 
it  was  hardly  possible  to  read  in  the  open  air.  The  writer  enjoyed  the 
novelty  of  eating  dinner  by  lamp-light  before  an  open  window  at  noon- 
time. The  next  day  it  was  found  that  all  the  sun  flowers  had  sickened 
and  died. 

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September  7. 

615  1864.      Gen.  Burnside  was  serenaded  at  the  Bay  State 
House,  and  made  a  short  speech. 

616  1881.     Death  of  Stephen  S.  Foster. 

Stephen  Symonds  Foster  was  born  at  Canterbury,  N.  H.,  Nov.  17,  1809. 
Graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1838.  He  became  one  of  the  fore- 
most anti-slavery  agitators  of  the  Garrisonian  stripe,  and  by  his  methods 
brought  upon  himself  much  personal  abuse  and  ill  treatment.  He 
married  Abby  Kelly  in  1845.  Author  of  "The  Brotherhood  of  Thieves, 
a  true  picture  of  the  American  Clergy." 

617  1881.     Visit  of  Gen.  Sherman. 

He  arrived  at  10  A.  M.,  and  was  escorted  to  the  N.  E.  Fair  grounds  by 
military  bodies.  In  the  afternoon  he  visited  Grand  Army  Post  10,  and 
other  institutions.  On  the  morning  of  the  8th,  he  visited  Shrewsbury 
and  the  tomb  of  Gen.  Artemas  Ward. 

September  8. 

618  1774.     Convention  of  Blacksmiths  of  Worcester  County. 
Ross  Wyman  of  Shrewsbury  was  chairman.     "They  resolved  that  they 
would  not,  nor  either  of  them,  do  any  work  for  the  tories,  nor  for  any 
one  in  their  employ,  nor  for  any  one  who  had  not  signed  the  non-con- 
sumption agreement  agreed  upon  and  signed  by  the  Congress  at  Phil- 
adelphia; and  requested  all  denominations  of  artificers  to  call  meetings 
of  their  craft  and  adopt  like  measures," 

619  1838.     The  Rural  Cemetery  consecrated. 

The  land  was  given  by  Hon.  Daniel  Waldo.  At  the  consecration,  an 
address  was  delivered  by  Hon.  Levi  Lincoln,  which  was  printed. 

620  1858.     Great  Firemen's  Muster. 

The  Muster  lasted  three  days;  53  companies  from  other  places  attended. 


NOTEWORTHY   EVENTS.  IOQ 

September  g. 

621  1878.     Death  of  Gen.  Nathan  Heard. 

He  was  born  in  Worcester,  March  25,  1790.  He  succeeded  his  father 
as  keeper  of  the  Stone  Jail  at  Lincoln  square  from  1812  to  1822;  was 
afterwards  in  business  with  Col.  James  Estabrook,  and  with  his  brother- 
in-law  Geo.  M.  Rice;  also  employed  at  the  Custom  House  in  Boston. 
Representative,  1837-9;  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department,  1837- 
40.  He  attained  the  rank  of  Brigadier-General  in  the  Militia. 

September  u. 

622  1814.     Worcester  Light  Infantry  and  Worcester  Artillery 
marched  to  Boston  to  repel  British  invasion. 

They  remained  in  camp  at  South  Boston  until  Oct.  31,  when  they  re- 
turned to  Worcester. 

623  1874.     State  Normal  School  dedicated. 

Addresses  were  made  by  Hon.  Henry  Chapin,  Hon.  Emory  Washburn, 
Rev.  Dr.  Miner,  Prof.  Russell  and  others. 

September  12. 

624  1839.     A  Negro  Boy  kidnapped. 

Two  men  named  Shearer  and  Dickinson  kidnapped  a  boy  8  years  old, 
the  son  of  a  colored  man  named  John  F.  Francis.  They  took  the  child 
to  Virginia  and  attempted  to  sell  him,  but  were  arrested  and  returned 
to  Worcester,  tried  and  sentenced  to  imprisonment.  See  ante,  No.  45. 

625  1843.     Gen.  Tom  Thumb's  first  exhibition  in  Worcester. 
He  died  in  1883. 

626  1848.     Abraham  Lincoln,  of  Illinois,  addressed  a  Whig 
meeting  in  the  City  Hall. 

September  14. 

627  1849.     Young  Men's  Rhetorical  Society  organized. 

The  Society  was  formed  in  an  upper  room  of  Waldo  Block,  and  was 
incorporated  in  1853. 

September  15. 

628  1684.     The  name  Worcester  was  given  to  the  plantation 
near  Quinsigamond  Pond. 

O 


HO  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

629  1859.     Benjamin  F.  Butler  nominated  for  Governor  by  the 
Democratic  Convention. 

September  17. 

630  1674.     John  Eliot  and  Daniel  Gookin  visited  the  Indians 
at  Pakachoag. 

631  J757-     Gen.  Amherst  and  his  army  passed  through  Wor- 
cester. 

He  was  on  his  way  to  the  westward  with  an  army  of  4,500,  and  was 
joined  at  Worcester  by  a  company  under  Capt.  Samuel  Clark  Paine. 

Jeffrey  Amherst  was  born  at  Kent,  England,  Jan.  29,  1717,  and  died 
Aug.  3,  1797.  He  was  appointed  to  command  the  forces  in  America, 
and  conducted  the  movements  which  led  to  the  surrender  of  all  the 
French  possessions  in  the  north.  He  received  many  honors,  was  made  a 
Baron,  and  became  Field-Marshal. 

632  1878.     Mechanics  Hall  forcibly  entered  by  Butler  dele- 
gates to  the  Democratic  Convention. 

The  Democratic  State  Central  Committee  hnving  manifested  the  inten- 
tion of  excluding  from  the  Convention  all  in  favor  of  the  nomination  of 
Gen.  Butler,  who  comprised  nine-tenths  of  the  delegates,  the  Butler 
men  took  forcible  possession  of  the  hall  about  3  A.  M.,  by  breaking  the 
lock  of  a  door.  The  "Silver-Tops"  adjourned  to  Faneuil  Hall. 

633  1878.     Dennis  Kearney,  of  California,  addressed  a  crowd 
at  Salem  square. 

He  visited  Worcester  again,  Nov.  4. 

September  18. 

^34       J857-     Visit  and  parade  of  the  Woonsocket  Guards,  and 
Mechanics  Riflemen  of  Providence. 

They  were  accompanied  by  Adjutant-General  Samuel  Cooper  of  the 
U.  S.  army.  Gen.  Cooper  was  born  in  New  York  in  1796;  graduated 
at  West  Point;  served  in  Florida  and  Mexican  wars;  and  was  appointed 
Adj. -Gen.  in  1852.  He  resigned  in  1861,  and  became  Adj.-Gen.  of  the 
rebel  army.  He  died  Dec.  1876. 

635       J872.     Piedmont  Church  formed. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  I  I  1 

September  19. 

636  1741.    "Here  lies  Buried  ye  Body  of  William  Jenison  Esq'r. 
He  was  born  at  Watertown  April  ye  i  yth  1676,  who  decd  Seplm 
ye  i9m  1741,  in  ye  66th  year  of  his  age. 

"He  was  one  of  ye  Judges  for  ye  Inferiour  Court  for  y« 
County  of  Worcester. 

"Was  Selectman  ten  years  between  1727  and  1741.  Representative  to 
the  General  Court,  1731-2.  He  gave  the  land  upon  which  the  first 
Court  House  was  ordered  to  be  built  in  1732." — Inscriptions  from  the 
Old  Burial  Grounds. 

637  1817.     Long  Pond  Bridge  sunk. 

It  suddenly  gave  way  and  disappeared,  leaving  but  a  few  shapeless  tim- 
bers. The  bridge  was  constructed  somewhat  upon  the  principle  of  a 
wharf,  and  was  intended  to  form  a  solid  road.  It  was  so  far  completed 
that  carriages  and  wagons  loaded  had  passed  over  it  for  several  days. 
The  disaster  was  caused  by  loading  it  with  stones  and  gravel.  Loss, 
$10,000.  The  water  at  this  point  is  65  feet  deep. 

638  1825.     "In  memory  of  JOHN  W.  HUBBARD,  ESQ.  Attorney 
at  Law,  who  died  Sept.  19,  1825,  aged  32  years. 

"John  W.  Hubbard  was  an  adopted  son  of  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Austin,  .  . 

and  nephew  of  Mrs.  Austin He  was  born  at  Brookfield,  Vt.; 

graduated  at  Dartmouth  College,  1814;  and  Studied  law  with  Gov.  Van 
Ness  of  Burlington,  Vt.,  and  with  S.  M.  Burnside,  Esq.  of  Worcester. 

He  delivered  the  4th  of  July  oration  at  Worcester  in  1811.  .  . 

One  of  the  founders  of  the  Central  Church.  .  .  .  He  owned  an  estate 
on  Main  street,  comprising  several  acres  on  each  side  of  what  is  now 
Austin  street." — Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

639  1838.     Rev.  Elam  Smalley  installed  Pastor  of  the  Union 
Church. 

Before  his  settlement  here,  Mr.  Smalley  was  nine  years  associate  pas- 
tor with  Rev.  Dr.  Emmons  at  Franklin.  Dr.  Smalley  resigned  his 
charge  in  Worcester  in  1854,  and  was  installed  over  a  church  at  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  died  July  30,  1858.  He  was  author  of  The  Worcester 
Pulpit. 

640  1840.     Worcester  County  Horticultural  Society  formed. 


I  I  2  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

September  20. 

641  I753-     "In  memory  of  Jonas  Rice  Esq,  who  died  Septr 
20th  1753,  in  the  81"  year  of  his  age. 

"He  was  the  first  settler  in  Worcester,  &  one  of  the  Judges 
of  the  Inferior  Court  for  Worcester." — Inscriptions  from  the 
Old  Burial  Grounds. 

Jonas  Rice  came  to  Worcester  from  Marlborough  in  1713,  and  for 
about  a  year  was  the  only  resident  of  the  town.  He  was  the  first 
Schoolmaster  (see  ante,  No.  196.);  Selectman  and  Town  Clerk  for 
many  years;  Judge  of  the  Inferior  Court;  and  Deacon  of  the  Church, 
174810  1753. 

642  1867.     Death  of  Calvin  Willard,  aged  82. 

Mr.  Willard  was  Sheriff  of  the  County  from  1824  to  1844.  He  was  a 
native  of  Harvard. 

September  21. 

643  1774.     Convention  of  Committees  of  Correspondence  of 
the  County. 

September  22. 

644  1731.     First  Superior  Court. 

645  1863.      Celebration  of  the  hundreth  anniversary  of  the 
erection  of  the  Old  South  Meeting  House. 

An  introductory  address  was  made  by  Hon.  Ira  M.  Barton;  an  histori- 
cal discourse  was  delivered  by  Rev.  Leonard  Bacon,  D.  i>.;  and  other 
interesting  exercises  followed. 

September  23. 

646  1746.     "at  a  meeting  of  ye  Qualified  voters  Regulerly  as- 
sembled on  Tuesday  Sepr  23  :  1 746 

"This  meeting  by  means  of  ye  Qovrners  Sending  for  a  Large 
number  of  men  to  oppose  y6  Suposed  french  Invasion  was- 
Brooke  up." — Early  Records. 

647  1815.   The  Great  Gale  prevailed  throughout  New  England. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  I  1 3 

648  1881.     Stephen  S.  Foster  Memorial  Meeting. 

In  Horticultural  Hall.  Rev.  Samuel  May  presided,  and  addresses  were 
made  by  Parker  Pillsbury,  Lucy  Stone,  Rev.  H.  T.  Cheever  and  Wen- 
dell Phillips. 

September  24. 

649  1745.     "voted  that  whoever  Shall  for  the  future  during  ye 
Space  of  three  years  ....  in  ye  tims  of  ye  .  .  Court  .  .  in 
this  Town  presume  to  Run  Races  on  horse  back  or  pace  their 
horses  For  Tryall  in  ye  Countrey  Road  from  ye  house  of  mr. 
Joshua  Eaton  to  y6  house  whear  Richard  wheelor  Lives  [the 
present  Main  street]  Shall  forfitt  the  Sum  of  Twenty  Shillings 
Lawfull  money  to  ye  use  of  ye  poare  of  this  Town." — Early 
Records. 

650  1851.     Mademoiselle  Teresa  Parodi  at  Brinley  Hall. 

Tickets  $i.  She  gave  another  concert  in  the  same  hall  the  Qth  of  Oct. 
following;  she  also  appeared  in  Worcester,  Oct.  15,  1856. 

September  25. 

651  1727.     "Voted  that  the  Inhabitants  of  Worcester  Contribut 
once  a  month  on  ye  Lords  Day  after  Divine  Service  for  the 
Suport  of  ye  minister  in  Sd  Town  untill  a  Rate  can  properly  be 
made  according  to  Contract :  Each  parson  to  papre  up  his 
money  &  Subscrib  his  name  on  ye  papre  that  So  accompt  may 
be  taken  of  Each  Parsons  money  and"  to  be  Elowed  on  his 
Rate  when  made." — Early  Records. 

652  1822.      Oratorio  by  the  Handel  and  Haydn  Society  of 
Boston. 

In  the  Old  South  Church,  on  the  evening  of  the  Cattle  Show,  and  in 
connection  with  it. 

653  1868.     Silas  and  Charles  T.  James  executed  for  murder. 
See  ante,  No  117. 

September  26. 

654  1804.     Worcester  District  Medical  Society  organized. 
This  succeeded  the  Worcester  Co.  Society  formed  in  1794. 


I  I  4  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 


655  l855-     Baby  Show  at  Fla£g  Hal1- 

It  continued  four  days.  Prizes  to  the  amount  of  $400  were  offered,  but 
the  managers  absconded  leaving  these  and  numerous  bills  unpaid. 

656  1881.     Funeral  Honors  to  President  Garfield. 

A  meeting  was  held  in  Mechanics  Hall  at  noon,  and  addresses  were 
made  by  Senator  Hoar,  ex-Gov.  Bullock,  Hon.  W.  W.  Rice  and  others. 

September  27. 

657  1803.     New  Court  House  opened.  , 

658  1837.     Gerritt  Smith  and  the  Grimke  sisters  addressed  an 
anti-slavery  meeting. 

659  1848.     First  Mechanics'  Fair. 

In  Nashua  Hall,  present  location  of  the  Dean  building.  This  Fair 
closed  October  3d.  Others  were  held  in  1849,  1851,  1857  and  1866. 

660  1862.     George  Francis  Train  lectured  in  Mechanics  Hall. 

66  1        1877.     Madame  Eugenia  Pappenheim  at  the  Music  Festi- 
val. 

September  28. 

662  1722.     First  Town  Meeting. 

September  29. 

663  1790.     Rev.  Samuel  Austin  installed  Pastor  of  the   First 
Church. 

He  was  born  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Nov.  7,  1760.  A  graduate  of  Yale 
College.  He  preached  at  Fair  Haven  from  1786  to  1790;  at  Worces- 
ter from  1790  to  1815,  when  he  became  President  of  the  University  of 
Vermont,  which  office  he  held  until  1821;  and  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  from 
1821  to  1825.  His  connection  with  the  church  in  Worcester  was  not 
severed  until  Dec.  23,  1818.  In  1807,  Williams  College  conferred  upon 
him  the  degree  of  u.  n.  Dr.  Austin  was  afflicted  with  melancholia  dur- 
ing his  last  years,  and  his  death,  which  took  place  at  Glastonbury,  Conn., 
Dec.  4,  1830,  resulted  from  an  over-dose  of  laudanum,  administered  to 
afford  temporary  relief  from  his  sufferings.  His  wife  was  a  daughter  of 
Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins,  i».  D.,  of  Hartley. 


NOTEWORTHY   EVENTS.  I  I  5 

September  30. 

664  I796-     Rev.  Timothy  Dwight  passed  through  Worcester. 
"Few  towns  in  New  England  exhibit  so  uniform  an  appearance  of  neat- 
ness and  taste;  or  contain  so  great  a  proportion  of  good  buildings,  and 
so  small  a  proportion  of  those  which  are  indifferent,  as  Worcester." — 
Travels,  Vol.  /.,  page  366. 

665  1845.     New  Court  House  dedicated. 

An  address  was  delivered  by  Chief  Justice  Shaw.  This  Court  House 
was  b'uilt  of  Quincy  granite,  and  cost  about  §100,000. 

October  i. 

666  1801.     Corner  Stone  of  the  Brick  Court  House  laid  by 
Isaiah  Thomas. 

667  1839.       Western  Railroad  opened. 

First  regular  train  from  Worcester  to  Springfield. 

668  1876.     Wong  Chin  Foo  lectured  in  Washburn  Hall. 

He  has  since  edited  The  Chinese- American,  a  paper  published  at  New 
York  in  the  Chinese  and  English  languages. 

October  2. 

669  1798.     Mechanic  Street  Burial  Ground  surveyed  and  laid 
out. 

670  1829.     Historical  Address  delivered  before  the  Worcester 
County  Bar,  by  Joseph  Willard  of  Lancaster. 

671  1852.     John  W.  Lincoln  died,  aged  64, 

He  was  Selectman,  Representative  to  the  General  Court,  State  Sena- 
tor, and  Sheriff  of  the  County  seven  years  from  1844.  He  presented 
the  Children's  Friend  Society  with  the  estate  at  East  Worcester,  which 
was  for  some  years  the  Orphans'  Home. 

672  1863.     Worcester  County  Musical  Society  formed. 

673  1876.     The  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  of 
Boston  celebrated  its  annual  field  day  in  Worcester. 

The  Company  was  received  and  entertained  by  the  Worcester  Con- 
tinentals. 


I  1 6  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

October  3. 

674  1800.     Birth  of  George  Bancroft. 

George  Bancroft,  distinguished  as  a  historian  and  politician,  was  son 
of  Rev.  Aaron  Bancroft,  D.  D.  He  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in 
1817,  and  afterwards  studied  at  German  universities.  After  his  return 
he  was  tutor  at  Harvard,  and  preceptor  of  a  school  at  Northampton. 
About  1835,  he  entered  into  politics,  allying  himself  with  the  Demo- 
cratic party;  wrote  many  addresses  and  resolutions,  and  delivered  sev- 
eral orations  in  its  interest;  was  Collector  of  Boston,  1838-41;  Demo- 
cratic candidate  for  Governor,  1844;  Secretary  of  the  Navy  in  Folk's 
cabinet,  1845;  Minister  to  England,  1846-9;  and  Minister  to  Germany. 
1867-74.  His  History  of  the  United  States,  begun  more  than  fifty 
years  ago,  has  just  been  completed.  The  house  in  which  Mr.  Bancroft 
was  born  is  still  standing  on  Salisbury  street,  near  the  Highland  School, 
and  is  now  the  residence  of  John  B.  Pratt. 

675  1859.     Dr.  George  B.  Windship  lectured  on  Physical  Cul- 
ture. 

In  Washburn  Hall.  Dr.  Windship  was  an  enthusiast  on  the  subject  of 
physical  training;  by  practice  he  was  enabled  to  lift  a  weight  of  2007 
pounds.  He  died  Sept.  12,  1876. 

October  4. 

676  1831.     Celebration  of  the  hundredth  anniversary  of  the 
Incorporation  of  the  County. 

By  the  Worcester  County  Historical  Society.  A  procession  marched 
to  the  Old  South  Church,  where  an  address  was  delivered  by  Hon. 
John  Davis.  A  dinner  was  served  at  Estabrook's  hotel. 

October  5. 

677  1843.     Death  of  William  Lincoln. 

He  was  born  in  Worcester,  Sept.  26,  1802;  graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege, 1822;  edited  the  ^Egis,  and  with  C.  C.  Baldwin,  published  the 
Worcester  Magazine.  He  was  a  Representative,  1836-7  and  1841. 
His  History  of  Worcester  was  published  in  1837. 

October  6. 

678  1806.     Thomas  Street  opened. 


BIRTHPLACE  OF  GEORGE  BANCROFT. 


NOTEWORTHY   EVENTS.  I  I  7 

This  street  was  laid  out  and  given  to  the  town  by  Isaiah  Thomas.  The 
following  memorandum  was  found  in  one  of  his  almanacs:  "1806. 
Oct.  6.  Finished  work  on  the  new  street.  The  Selectmen  came  and 
surveyed  it  and  laid  it  out  in  form.  The  Light  Infantry  company,  un- 
der arms,  commanded  by  Capt.  Flagg,  marched  through  it,  halted  on 
the  bridge,  and  discharged  three  vollies.  The  gentlemen  of  the  street 
prepared  a  large  tub  and  two  pails  full  of  excellent  punch,  and  the  Se- 
lectmen, at  the  request  of  those  present,  and  in  conformity  to  their  own 
proposal,  named  the  street  Thomas  street.  The  Infantry  company  had 
as  much  punch  as  they  chose  to  drink,  and  all  present.  Three  cheers 
were  given,  and  the  company* marched  off." 

679  1829.     Harrison  Gray  Otis  and  Edward  Everett  visited  the 
Cattle  Show  in  Worcester. 

150  yoke  of  oxen  were  driven  through  Main  street.  At  the  dinner 
speeches  were  made  by  the  distinguished  guests.  . 

Harrison  Gray  Otis  was  a  nephew  of  the  revolutionary  patriot,  James 
Otis.  He  was  born  in  Boston,  Oct.  8,  1765;  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1783;  and  by  his  brilliant  talents  soon  gained  a  "high  posi- 
tion at  the  bar;  was  a  Member  of  Congress,  1797  to  1801;  Speaker  of 
the  Massachusetts  House  of  Representatives,  1803-5;  President  of  the 
State  Senate,  1805-11;  Judge  of  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  1814-18; 
United  States  Senator,  1817-22;  and  Mayor  of  Boston,  1829-32.  Dur- 
ing the  troubles  with  Great  Britain,  Mr.  Otis  was  a  vehement  Federal- 
ist, and  was  one  of  the  patty  of  mischievous  spirits  who  were  respon- 
sible for  that  egregious  political  blunder,  the  Hartford  Convention.  He 
died  in  Boston,  Oct.  28,  1848. 

680  1857.     Lola  Montez  lectured  in  Brinley  Hall.     Subject : 
"Beautiful  Women." 

Lola  Montez,  Maria  Dolores  Porris,  Countess  of  Landsfeld,  was  born 
at  Limerick,  Ireland,  about  1820,  and  died  at  New  York  in  1861.  At 
an  early  age  she  married  Capt.  James,  and  accompanied  him  to  India, 
but  they  soon  separated.  After  leading  an  erratic  life  in  the  capitals 
of  Europe,  appearing  in  the  streets  and  theatres  as  a  danseuse  and 
singer,  she  found  her  way  to  Munich,  and  for  some  time  exerted 
a  powerful  influence  over  King  Louis  of  Bavaria,  who  made  her  a 
countess.  She  was  finally  obliged  to  leave  the  country.  In  1849  she 
was  married  to  an  English  gentleman,  but  his  family  caused  her  to  be 
prosecuted  for  bigamy,  as  her  former  husband  was  living.  She  came 
to  America  in  1851,  in  the  same  ship  with  Kossuth,  and  appeared 
in  various  places  in  theatres  and  on  the  lecture  platform. 


I  I  g  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

681  1877.     Sale  of  the  old  Foster  street  Depot. 

The  building  was  sold  by  Auctioneer  B.  W.  Abbott,  in  eight  sections 
as  follows:  I,  #30;  2,  $25;  3,  #30;  4,  $100;  5,  #41;  6,  $26;  7,  $10; 
8,  $5.50.  Total,  $277.50.  The  frame  of  the  first  part  of  this  building 
was  raised  May  31,  1835. 

October  7. 

682  1819.     First  Cattle  Show  in  Worcester. 

683  1828.     Blackstone  Canal  opened. 

The  canal  boat  Lady  Carrington  arrived  from  Providence,  and  was 
received  with  firing  of  cannon  and  ringing  of  bells.  The  last  toll  on 
this  canal  was  collected  Nov.  9,  1848.  A  History  of  the  Blackstone 
Canal,  by  Israel  Plummer,  will  be  found  in  the  first  volume  of  the  Col- 
lections of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity. 

684  1835.      Joice  Heth,  nurse  of  Gen.   George  Washington, 
aged  161  years,  was  exhibited  at  Stowell's  Railroad  House. 

Remained  here  four  days;  admission  25  cents.  This  was  Barn  urn's 
first  venture  as  a  showman. 

October  8. 

685  1818.     "In  Memory  of  Col.  BENJAMIN  FLAGG  who  died 
t)ct.  8,  1818,  aged  95, 

"He  commanded  a  company  of  minute  men  which  left  Worcester, 
April  19,  1775,  on  the  alarm  at  Lexington,  and  attained  the  rank  of 
Colonel  in  the  Revolutionary  Service.  Selectman  from  1766  to  77  in- 
clusive. An  original  member  of  the  American  Political  Society." — 
Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Btirial  Grounds. 

Col.  Flagg  left  4  children,  41   grandchildren  and   83  great-grand- 
children. 

686  1879.     Hon.  Zachariah  Chandler,  of  Michigan,  spoke  at  a 
Republican  meeting  in  the  Rink,  on  Foster  street. 

He  died  suddenly  at  Chicago,  Nov.  i,  1879. 

October  9. 

687  1760.     "We  hear  from  Worcester  that  on  the  evening  of 
the  gth  inst.  the  house  of  Mr.  Sheriff  Chandler  and  others  of 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  I  19 

that  town  were  beautifully  illuminated  on  account  of  the  suc- 
cess of  his  Majesty's  Arms  in  America." — Boston  News-Let- 
ter, Oct.  16,  1760. 

The  success  referred  to  was  the  taking  of  Montreal  by  Amherst,  Sept. 
8,  1760. 

688  1816.     Rev.  Charles  A.  Goodrich  ordained  Pastor  of  the 
Old  South  Church. 

He  was  dismissed  Nov.  14,  1820,  and  afterwards  preached  at  Berlin 
and  Elartford,  Conn.  He  was  at  one  time  a  member  of  the  Connecti- 
cut Senate,  and  was  author  of  several  historical  and  other  books.  A 
brother  of  Samuel  G.,  widely  known  as  Peter  Parley.  Mr.  Goodrich 
died  at  Hartford,  Jan.  4,  1862,  aged  72. 

689  1826.     President  John  Quincy  Adams  visited  Worcester. 
He  remained  three  days  the  guest  of  Gov.  Lincoln.   The  President  at- 
tended the  Cattle  Show  on  the  nth. 

690  1867.     Gen.  Philip  H.  Sheridan  visited  Worcester! 

He  arrived  from  Boston  at  9  A.  M.,  and  was  received  by  military  bodies 
and  escorted  through  the  principal  streets. 

October  10. 

691  1865.     Visit  and  parade  of  the  Putnam  Phalanx  of  Hart- 
ford, Conn. 

692  1866.     25th  anniversary  of  the  Universalist  Church,  and 
installation  of  Rev.  B.  F.  Bowles. 

October  n. 

693  1842.     First  exhibition  of  the •  Worcester  County  Horti- 
cultural Society. 

At  the  hall  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  over  Joseph  Boyden's  jewelry 
store,  corner  of  Walnut  street.  The  exhibition  lasted  two  days. 

694  1843.     Hon.  Richard  M.  Johnson,  of  Kentucky,  attended 
the  Cattle  Show. 

Richard  M.  Johnson  was  a  Representative  and  Senator  from  Kentucky 
for  many  years,  and  Vice-President,  1837-41.  It  has  been  said  that  he 
killed  Tecumseh  at  the  battle  of  the  Thames.  He  died  in  1850,  aged 
69. 


120  THE,  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

October  13. 

695  1725-     Rev.  Isaac  Burr  ordained, 
lie  was  dismissed,  March,  1745. 

696  1846.     John  P.  Hale  spoke  in  the  Town  Hall. 

697  1878.     Death  of  Hon.  Henry  Chapin.         .   • 

He  was  born  in  Upton,  1811;  graduated  at  Brown  University,  1835; 
and  came  to  Worcester  in  1846.  He  was  Mayor  in  1849-50,  and  Judge 
of  Probate  from  1858  until  his  death. 

698  1882.     President  Arthur  and  suite  passed  through  Worces- 
ter, on  their  return  from  the  Webster  Centennial  celebration 
at  Marshfield. 

October  14. 

699  1740.     Visit  of  Rev.  George  Whitefield. 

700  1867.     Parade  of  the  Amoskeag  Veterans. 

701  1873.     Dedication  of  the  Worcester  Academy  building  on 


Union  Hill. 


October  15. 


702  1823.     Dedication  of  the  Central  Church  and  ordination 
of  Rev.  L.  Ives  Hoadly. 

Mr.  Hoadly  was  dismissed  May  19,  1829.  HC  died  at  New  Haven, 
March,  1883,  aged  92. 

October  17. 

703  1860.      The  Prince  of  Wales  and  suite  passed  through 
Worcester  on  their  way  to  Boston. 

The  Prince  appeared  on  the  platform  of  the  car,  and  was  greeted  with 
cheers  by  the  large  crowd  assembled,  which  he  acknowledged  by 
bowing. 

704  1865.     Death  of  Dr.  John  Green. 

He  was  born  in  Worcester,  April  19,  1784;  graduated  at  Brown  Uni- 
versity, 1804;  and  practised  medicine  here  more  than  fifty  years.  He 
gave  his  valuable  library  to  the  city,  and  endowed  it. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  121 

705  1872.     Remarkable  accident  on  Beacon  street. 

A  horse,  attached  to  a  carriage  in  which  was  a  lady,  went  over  the  em- 
bankment at  the  head  of  Sycamore  street,  and  rolled  down  70  feet  to 
the  railroad  track  below.  The  carriage  was  broken  to  pieces,  but  the 
woman  and  horse  were  not  injured. 

October  18. 

706  J744-     Edward  Fitzpatrick  executed  for  murder. 

707  1814.     "In  Memory  of  SAMUEL  CURTIS  Esq.  who  died  Oct. 

1 8,  1814.  JEt.  84. 
»^ 

"He  was  one  of  the  leading  Whigs  of  Worcester  during  the  war  of  the 

Revolution.  Was  one  of  the  committee  who  reported  the  constitution 
and  rules  of  the  American  Political  Society  in  1773.  In  1776,  he  was 
elected  magistrate  to  exercise  the  powers  of  Justice  of  the  Peace  for 
the  preservation  of  good  order.  Was  a  member  of  many  important 
revolutionary  committees.  Selectman,  1766,  75,  90  to  95.  Represent- 
ative to  the  General  Court,  1778  to  1785,  1802,  1804,  1806." — In- 
scriptions from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

708  1848.     Caleb  Gushing  spoke  at  a  Democratic  meeting  in 
the  City  Hall,  as  candidate  for  Governor. 

October  20. 

709  I745-     Jeffrey,  a  Negro,  executed  for  murder. 

710  1768.     Arthur,  a  Negro,  executed  for  rape. 

711  1783.     First  regular  stage  from  Boston  to  Worcester. 

712  1831.     Daniel  Webster  arjd  the  Everett  brothers  attended 
the  Cattle  Show  in  Worcester. 

713  1849.     Father  Mathew,  the  distinguished  Irish  temperance 
agitator,  visited  Worcester. 

He  arrived  Saturday,  2Oth;  preached  at  the  Catholic  church  Sunday; 
and  received  signatures  to  the  pledge  at  the  City  Hall  on  Monday. 

Theobald  Mathew  was  born  in  Tipperary  county,  Ireland,  in  1790. 
Educated  as  a  Catholic  priest,  he  performed  missionary  service  at  Cork, 
founded  a  temperance  society,  and  administered  the  pledge  to  150,000 
persons  in  that  place  alone.  He  travelled  in  the  interest  of  temperance 
through  Ireland,  England,  and  the  United  States.  Queen  Victoria  be- 
stowed upon  him  an  annuity  of  ,£500.  He  died  in  1856. 


I  2  2  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

714  1870.     Earthquake  Shock. 
Buildings  were  jarred  and  door  hells  rung. 

October  21. 

715  I7I3-     Permanent  settlement  of  Worcester. 

716  1742.     Jabez  Green  executed  for  murder. 

October  22. 

7 1 7  1783.     First  stage  from  Hartford  to  Boston  passed  through 
Worcester. 

October  23. 

718  1789.     President  Washington  passed  through  Worcester. 

He  arrived  early  in  the  morning,  and  was  received  with  salutes  of  can- 
non by  the  Worcester  Artillery.  The  President  took  breakfast  at  the 
"United  States  Arms,"  [now  Exchange  Hotel],  and  then  proceeded  on 
his  way  to  Boston. 

719  1850.     Woman's  Rights  Convention. 

October  24. 

720  1732.     "In  answer  to  y6  Petition  of  ye  Revd  mr.  Isaac  Burr, 
Voted  that  ye  Sum  of  Twenty  Pounds  be  assessed  according 
to  Law  on  the  Inhabitants  and  Estates  of  ye  Town  of  Worces- 
ter to  be  payd  to  mr.  Burr,  which  Sum  the  town  Cherfully 
grant  and  earnestly  Desire  that  he  Lay  ye  Same  out  in  pur- 
chising  an  addition  to  his  Library." — Early  Records. 

721  1812.     The  American  Antiquarian  Society  incorporated. 
"The  persons  named  in  the  act  were  gentlemen  eminent  for  their  learn- 
ing and  ability,  who  stood  high  in  the  confidence  of  the  public,  viz : 
Isaiah  Thomas,    Levi   Lincoln,   Harrison  G.  Otis,  Timothy  Bigelow, 
Nathaniel  Paine,  Edward  Bangs,  John  T.  Kirkland,  Aaron  Bancroft, 
Jonathan  H.  Lyman,  Elijah  H.  Mills,  Elisha  Hammond,  Timothy  Wil- 
liams, William  D.  Peck,  John  Lowell,  Edmund  Dwight,  Eleazer  James, 
Josiah  Quincy,   William  S.  Shaw,   Francis  Blake,   Levi   Lincoln,  Jr., 
Samuel  M.  Burnside,  Benjamin  Russell,  Thaddeus  M.  Harris,   Redford 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  123 

Webster,  Thomas  Wallcutt,  Ebenezer  T.  Andrews,  Isaiah  Thomas,  Jr., 
William  Wells."  Of  these,  Isaiah  Thomas  was  the  master-spirit,  and 
on  its  incorporation,  he  presented  the  Society  with  his  private  library; 
and  in  1820,  erected  a  building  for  its  reception.  The  Society  removed 
to  its  present  quarters  in  1853.  The  library  now  comprises  over  70,000 
volumes;  the  aggregate  of  the  several  permanent  funds  is  about  $80, 
ooo.  The  interior  of  the  library  is  arranged  with  fine  effect;  and  the 
cordial  welcome  extended,  and  absense  of  red  tape,  make  it  a  pleasant 
resort  for  the  student  or  antiquary. 

722  1864.     Dale  Hospital  occupied. 

This  building,  now  the  Worcester  Academy,  was  erected  for  a  medical 
college,  and  afterwards  used  for  a  female  seminary.  It  was  occupied 
by  the  Government,  during  the  latter  part  of  the  Rebellion,  as  a  hos- 
pital for  disabled  soldiers.  It  was  formally  inaugurated,  Feb.  22,  1865. 

October  25. 

723  1770.     William  Lindsay  executed  for  burglary. 

724  1847.     Providence  and  Worcester  railroad  opened. 

725  1871.     City  Hospital  opened. 

In  the  Abijah  Bigelow  house,  corner  of  Front  and  Church  streets. 

October  26. 

726  1864.     Trial  and  presentation  of  the  organ  in  Mechanics 
Hall. 

October  27. 

727  1868.     Gen.  O.  O.  Howard  lectured  in  Mechanics  Hall. 

October  28. 

728  1859.     Benjamin  F.  Butler  spoke  in  the  City  Hall  as  Dem- 
cratic  candidate  for  Governor. 

He  was  elected  23  years  later. 

October  29. 

• 

729  1868.     David  R.  Locke,  otherwise  Petroleum   V.  Nasty, 
lectured  in  Mechanics  Hall.     Subject :  "Cussed  be  Canaan." 


124  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

October  30. 

730  1852.     Charles  Francis  Adams  spoke  at  a  grand  rally  of 
the  Free  Democracy. 

731  1854.     Butman  Riot. 

Asa  O.  Butman,  Deputy  United  States  Marshal,  came  to  Worcester  for 
the  purpose  of  seizing  an  escaped  slave  named  William  H.  Jankins. 
The  friends  of  the  slave  gathered  in  large  numbers,  and  in  the  attempt 
to  get  Butman  out  of  the  city  by  a  few  who  interposed  between  him 
and  the  mob,  he  wellnigh  became  a  victim  of  its  fury.  A  graphic  ac- 
count of  this  affair,  by  Rev.  Albert  Tyler,  will  be  found  in  the  first  vol- 
ume of  the  Collections  of  The  Worcester  Society  of  Antiquity. 


October  31. 

732  1722.     Rev.  Andrew  Gardner  dismissed. 

He  was  the  first  Minister  of  Worcester,  settled  in  1719.  Afterwards 
preached  in  Lunenburg,  and  died  in  New  Hampshire,  at  an  advanced 
age,  in  1793.  He  was  noted  for  hi*  eccentricities. 

733  I793-     Samuel  Frost  executed  for  murder. 

734  1805.     Nathaniel  Mower's  hat  shop  burned. 

735  1842.     John  B.  Gough  signed  the  pledge. 

He  was  reclaimed  by  Joel  D.  Stratton,  Sunday  evening,  Oct.  30,  1842; 
and  the  next  evening  took  the  pledge,  at  a  temperance  meeting  in  the 
Town  Hall.  Stratton  was  at  that  time  employed  by  Thomas  Tucker, 
who  kept  the  American  Temperance  House.  He  died  Nov.  4,  1860. 
A  sketch  of  his  life,  by  Rev.  Horace  James,  was  published. 

736  1844.     Swiss  Bell  Ringers  at  Brinley  Hall. 

737  1861.     Departure  of  the  Twenty-fifth  Regiment. 

This  Regiment  embarked  with  the  Burnside  expedition;  took  part  in 
the  battles  of  Roanoke  Island  and  Newbern;  and  performed  service  in 
North  Carolina  until  the  fall  of  1863.  The  next  spring  and  summer 
the  Regiment  saw  hard  service,  passed  through  Drewry's  Bluff,  Cold 
Harbor  and  other  battles,  and  spent  the  hot  months  before  Peters- 
burg. It  arrived  home,  (excepting  a  portion  that  re-enlisted  the  win- 
ter before),  October  13,  1864. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS. 

November  i. 

738  1851.     Joshua  R.  Giddings  addressed  a  Free  Soil  meeting 
in  the  Foster  street  Depot. 

He  spoke  in  the  City  Hall  in  the  forenoon.  It  was  charged  that  the 
Whigs  engaged  the  hall  for  the  evening  to  keep  the  Free  Soil  men 
out,  and  the  use  of  the  depot  was  tendered.  Over  3000  were  present. 

739  1851.     Hon.  George  S.   Hillard  addressed  the  Whigs  at 
the  City  Hall. 

740  1859.     Dr.  J.  G.  Holland  lectured  on  "Art  and  Life,"  in 
Mechanics  Hall. 

741  1875.     ^r-  Hans  Guido  Von  Biilow  at  Mechanics  Hall. 
One  of  the  most  eminent  pianists  of  the  present  time.      He  was  born 
at  Dresden,  Jan.  8,  1830.      Was  assisted  by  Liszt  and  Wagner,  and 
made  his  first  appearance  as  a  pianist  in  1852.     His  compositions  are 
numerous  and  of  a  high  order.  .  He  is  now  an   inmate  of  an   insane 
asylum.    He  married  a  daughter  of  Liszt  from  whom  he  was  divorced; 
she  then  became  the  wife  of  Wagner. 

November  2. 

742  1865.     Edwin  Forrest  at  the  Theatre. 

He  appeared  the  evenings  of  the  2d  and  jd,  in  Richelieu  and  Lear. 

November  3. 

743  1856.     Dr.  Charles  Robinson,  the  Free  Soil  Governor  of 
Kansas,  addressed  a  meeting  at  the  City  Hall. 

-  744       1859.     Henry  D.  Thoreau  lectured  on  John  Brown,  at 
Washburn  Hall. 

November  4. 

745  I777-     Gen.  Burgoyne  and  Hessian  prisoners  captured  at 
Saratoga  passed  through  Worcester. 

746  1829.     Worcester  Lyceum  formed. 

747  1833.     Henry  Clay  visited  Worcester. 
Q 


126  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

He  was  the  guest  of  Gov.  Lincoln.  On  the  5th,  he  was  welcomed  at 
the  Town  Hall  by  Hon.  John  Davis,  and  made  a  speech.  In  the  af- 
ternoon he  visited  Millbury.  On  the  6th  he  departed  for  Hartford. 

748  1848.     Charles  Sumner  spoke  at  a  Van  Buren  meeting. 
Sumner,  at  this  time,  was  disfavored  by  the  so-called  respectable  ele- 
ment of  the  state,  on  account  of  his  association  with  the  Abolitionists. 
After  Mr.  Sumner  had  been  elected  Senator,  the  following  editorial 
appeared  in  the  Boston  Daily  Advertiser  of  April  25,  1851. 

"It  is  unnecessary  for  us  to  add  anything  to  what  we  have  already 
said  of  the  disgraceful  character  of  the  coalition  by  which  this  object 
has  been  accomplished.  It  is  the  grossest  outrage  upon  the  feelings 
of  the  majority  of  the  people  of  the  state,  l>y  a  combination  of  two 
minorities,  which  we  have  known  to  be  perpetrated  in  any  of  the  states 
of  the  Union.  We  regard  this  event  as  a  most  unfortunate  one  for  the 
reputation  of  the  state,  and  one  which  must  paralyze  its  influence  in 
the  councils  of  the  Union." 

The  above  remains  one  of  many  evidences  of  the  political  wisdom 
and  foresight  of  the  Old  Whig  Party  of  Massachusetts. 

"  O  Time  !   whose  vewlicts  mock  our  own. 
The  only  righteous  judge  art  thou  !  " 

749  1849.     Father  Mathew's  Mutual  Benevolent  Total  Absti- 
nence Society  formed. 


November  5. 

750  1788.     Two  Camels,  late  from  Arabia,  arrived  in  town  with 
their  keeper. 

November  6. 

751  1848.     Daniel  Webster  spoke  three  hours  at  the  City  Hall 
for  Taylor  and  Fillmore. 

Just  before  the  meeting,  a  Free  Soil  procession  paraded  the  streets  with 
torches,  and  Webster  noticed  the  large  number  it  comprised.  Gov. 
Lincoln  remarked  that  they  were  mostly  boys.  "But  these  boys  will 
soon  be  men,"  replied  the  great  statesman.  Webster  was  brought  here 
at  this  time  to  denounce  Charles  AJlen,  (then  running  for  Congress  on 
the  Free  Soil  ticket),  but  he  made  no  allusion  to  him.  The  next  day, 
Judge  Allen  was  triumphantly  elected  over  the  Whjg  incumbent,  Hon. 
Charles  Hudson. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  127 

November  7. 

752  1714-    Birth  of  the  first  male  child  in  Worcester :  Adonijah, 
son  of  Jonas  Rice. 

753  1781.     Celebration  of  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis,  news  of 
which  was  received  the  evening  before. 

November  8. 

754  1861.     First  appearance  in  Worcester  of  Brignoli. 

Signor  Pasqualino  Urignoli,  long  a  favorite  tenor  with  the  American 
public,  was  horn  at  Milan  in  1832. 

755  1882.     Christine  Nilsson  at  Mechanics  Hall. 
Tickets,  $i.,  $2.  and  $3.     A  small  audience  attended. 

November  9. 
/ 

756  1871.     Samuel  L.  Clemens,  otherwise  Mark  Twain,  lec- 
tured in  Mechanics  Hall  on  "Artemas  Ward." 

November  10. 

757  J77^-     Wedding  of  Hannah,  daughter  of  Sheriff  Gardner 
Chandler,  and  John  Williams  of  Boston. 

Hepsy  IIeniming\vay  said  she  well  recollected  the  marriage,  "for  Bur- 
goyne's  Band  came  down  from  Rutland,  and  played  before  the  house 
of  Sheriff  Chandler  all  that  evening." 

758  1858.     Frederick  Warren  shot. 

Mr.  Warren  was  City  Marshal.  He  received  a  fatal  wound  by  the  ac- 
cidental discharge  of  a  revolver  in  the  hands  of  Henry  W.  Hendricks, 
a  deputy  sheriff  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  died  on  the  I3th.  A  public 
funeral  was  held  on  the  1 5th. 

November  n. 

759  I779-     Robert  Young  executed  for  rape. 

He  was  one  of  the  Convention  troops. 

760  1868.     Worcester  Free  Institute  of  Industrial  Science  ded- 
icated. 


128  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

November  12. 

761  1861.     Funeral  of  Lieut.  John  William  Grout. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  I5th  Regiment,  and  was  killed  in  the  battle 
of  Ball's  Bluff,  Oct.  21,  1861. 

762  1866.     Clara  Barton  lectured  on  "Work  and  Incidents  of 
Army  Life." 

763  1866.     Maggie  Mitchell  in  Fanchon,  at  the  Theatre. 

764  1883.     Heavy  Gale  :  car  with  nine  passengers  blown  from 
the  track  of  the  Worcester  and  Shrewsbury  railroad.    No  one 
was  injured, 

November  13. 

765  1849.     Peace  Celebration  :  reception  to  Elihu  Burritt  on 
his  return  from  Europe. 

November  14. 

766  1864.     Lynde  Brook  water  let  on. 

November  15. 

767  1865.     Blind  Tom  at  Mechanics  Hall. 

He  was  born  a  slave  in  1838.  He  possessed  little  intelligence,  but 
could  perform  the  most  difficult  pieces  of  music  on  the  piano  after  once 
hearing  them. 

768  1871.     Batchelder's  painting  of  the  Battle  of  Gettysburg 
exhibited  at  Horticultural  Hall. 

November  16. 

769  1775.     Post  Office  established  in  Worcester. 

Isaiah  Thomas  was  appointed  Postmaster,  and  held  the  office  until  1801. 
His  successors  have  been :  James  Wilson,  1801  to  1833;  Jubal  Har- 
rington, 1833  to  1839;  Maturin  L.  Fisher,  1839  to  1849;  Edward  W. 
Lincoln,  184910  1854;  Emory  Banister,  1854  to  1861;  John  Milton 
Earle,  1861  to  1867;  and  Josiah  Pickett,  the  present  incumbent,  ap- 
pointed in  1867. 


NOTEWORTHY   EVENTS.  129 

77°       J795-     Worcester  Association  of  Mutual  Aid  in  Detecting 
Thieves  formed. 

November  17. 

771  i?77-     "On  Monday  last  arrived  here,  and  on  Tuesday 
proceeded  on  their  way  to  Boston,  upder  an  escort  of  light 
dragoons,  his  Excellency  the  President  of  the  Continental 
Congress  [John  Hancock]  and  his  lady." — Spy,  Nov.  21. 

772  1883.    Corner  Stone  of  the  first  Swedish  Methodist  Church 
in  New  England  laid  at  Quinsigamond. 

November  18. 

773  I77^-    "Last  Monday  passed  through  this  town  under  guard, 
about  1 20  tories  brought  from  Phillips  Manor  and  places  ad- 

•  jacent ;  30  of  whom  were  enlisted  under  the  infamous  Major 
Rogers  and  taken  in  a  late  skirmish." — Spy,  Nov.  20. 

November  19. 

774  1857.     Park  Benjamin  read  a  poem  entitled  Hard  Times. 

775  1869.     Edwin  Booth  in  Hamlet,  at  the  Theatre. 

November  21. 

776  1786.     Court  closed  by  Shays's  insurgents. 

777  l837-     John  Bel1  of  Tennessee,  William  J.  Graves  of  Ken- 
tucky, and  Gov.  Edward  Everett,  addressed  a  meeting  in  the 
Unitarian  Church,  and  were  g'iven  a  supper  at  the  Worcester 
House. 

John  Bell  was  born  near  Nashville,  Tenn.,  in  1797,  and  died  there  in 
1869.  He  was  a  Member  of  Congress,  1827-41  (Speaker  one  term); 
Secretary  of  War,  1841;  Senator,  1847-58;  and  Union  candidate  for 
President,  with  Edward  Everett  as  Vice-President,  in  1860.  William 
J.  Graves  is  chiefly  noted  for  having  killed  Jonathan  Cilley  in  a  duel,  in 
1838.  He  was  a  Member  of  Congress  from  Kentucky,  1835-41;  and 
died  in  1848,  aged  43-  Edward  Everett,  eminent  as  an  orator,  scholar, 
and  politician,  was  born  at  Dorchester,  Mass.,  Oct.  ii,  1794.  He  was 


130  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

educated  at  Harvard  and  German  universities,  and  became  pastor  of 
the  Brattle  Street  Unitarian  Church  in  Boston.  Finding  politics  more 
congenial  to  his  talents  than  preaching,  he  entered  Congress  in  1825, 
and  served  ten  years;  was  Governor,  1835-40;  Minister  to  England, 
1841-5;  President  of  Harvard  University,  1846-9;  Secretary  of  State, 
1852-3;  and  Senator,  1853-4.  He  died  Jan.  J5,  1865. 

778  1877.     Railroad  tracks  removed  from  the  Common. 

November  22. 

779  1864.     Celebration  of  the  completion  of  the  Water  Works. 
The  dam  at  Leicester  was  inspected;  a  meeting  was  held  in  Mechanics 
Hall,  with  addresses  by  Mayor  D.  W.   Lincoln  and  others;   and  the 
Fire  Department,  City  Officials,  etc.,  headed  by  the  Cornet  Band,  pro- 
ceeded to  the  corner  of  Main  and  Myrtle  streets,  where  the  new  works 
were  tested  in  the  presence  of  a  large  assembly. 

November  24. 

780  1737-     Hugh  Henderson,  alias  John  Hamilton,  executed 
for  burglary. 

The  first  execution  in  this  county. 

781  1836.     Rev.  Jonathan  E.  Woodbridge  installed  first  Pastor 
of  the  Union  Church. 

782  1870.     Olive  Logan  lectured  in  Mechanics  Hall. 

783  1871.     Peace  Meeting  to  celebrate  the  Washington  Treaty. 
In  Mechanics  Hall.     Addresses  were  made  by  Mayor  Edward  Earle, 
Hon.  P.  Emory  Aldrich,  Rev.  J.  B.  Miles,  Hon.  Amasa  Walker  and 
Elihu  Burritt. 

November  25. 

784  1761.     "In  memory  of  Deacon  Nathaniel  Moore,  who  died 
Novnir  25  :  A.  D.  1761  Aetat  84  years. 

"Came  from  Sudbury.  Was  the  third  settler  of  the  town  of  Worcester, 
arriving  here  in  1715  or  1716.  He  was  Deacon  of  the  First  Church 
from  its  foundation,  and  remained  in  that  office  until  his  death.  Was 
Selectman  of  the  town  for  eleven  years  between  1722  and  1740.  Town 
Treasurer,  1725  and  1731.  He  married  Grace  Rice,  sister  of  Jonas 
Rice,  the  first  permanent  settler.  She  died  in  1768,  aged  94  years." — 
Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 


NOTEWORTHY   EVENTS.  13! 

785  1862.     Departure  of  the  Fifty-first  Regiment. 

This  Regiment  enlisted  for  nine  months,  and  spent  most  of  its  time  of 
service  in  North  Carolina.  It  arrived  home  July  21,  1863. 

November  27. 

786  1843.     The  Town  was  authorized  to   purchase    Bladder 
Pond  for  a  water  supply. 

787  1868.      Gen.  Kilpatrick  lectured  in  Mechanics  Hall  on 
"Sherman's  Grand  March  to  the  Sea." 

Judson  Kilpatrick  was  born  in  New  Jersey  in  1836,  and  graduated  at 
West  Point  in  1861.  He  was  an  efficient  cavalry  officer  in  the  Rebel- 
lion, and  attained  the  rank  of  Major  General.  In  1865  he  was  ap- 
pointed Minister  to  Chili,  and  died  there  Dec.  6,  1881. 

788  1883.    Matthew  Arnold,  the  English  philosopher  and  critic, 
lectured  on  "Literature  and  Science"  at  Horticultural  Hall. 

Admission  jKl.     About  300  attended. 

"Mr.  Matthew  Arnold  after  his  recent  visit  here  being  asked  by  a  Bos- 
ton friend  how  he  liked  Worcester,  said  he  did  not  enjoy  himself  very 
much;  that,  having  no  invitations,  he  thought  he  would  try  an  Ameri- 
can inn,  and  found  one  named  the  "Bay  Horse,"  where,  as  they  only  had 
noon  dinners,  he  could  get  nothing  to  eat  but  cold  oysters.  Our  hos- 
telry, famed  in  political  and  other  annals,  would  scarcely  be  recognized 
by  its  best  friends  under  the  very  English  name  of  the  "Bay  Hor»e."— 
Spy,  Jan.  //,  1884. 

November  28. 

789  1873.     Rev.  Newman  Hall,  of  London,  lectured  in  Me- 
chanics Hall. 

He  preached  at  the  Union  Church  on  the  afternoon  of  Saturday,  Nov. 
2Qth. 

790  1875.     Remains  of  Vice- President  Wilson  arrived  in  Wor- 
cester. 

Henry  Wilson  died  at  Washington,  Nov.  22,  1875.  His  remains  ar- 
rived here  Sunday  morning  at  4.50,  and  remained  until  8.30.  At  7, 
the  City  Guards  escorted  the  City  Government  and  distinguished  citi- 
zens to  the  Union  Station.  The  remains  were  placed  in  the  vestibule 
and  viewed  by  a  large  number. 

791  1883.     Serious  accident  on  the  Boston,  Barre  and  Gardner 
railroad,  near  North  Worcester. 


132  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

A  car  on  the  afternoon  inward  bound  train  left  the  track  and  rolled 
down  an  embankment.  A  large  number  were  injured;  two  fatally. 

November  29. 

792  1856.     New  England  Non-Resistance  Convention. 
W.  L.  Garrison,  S.  S.  Foster,  Rev.  Adin  Ballou  and  others  spoke. 

793  l&59-     Alvan  Allen  killed  on  the  railroad. 

He  was  run  over  between  Front  and  Mechanic  streets,  near  the  Foster 
street  station.  Mr.  Allen  came  from  Sturbridge  in  1835,  anc'  was  mail 
agent  between  Worcester  and  Hartford  until  the  opening  of  the  Wes- 
tern railroad.  Afterwards  in  the  grocery  business  and  a  dealer  in  pianos. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Common  Council;  City  Marshal,  1853;  and 
Auditor  in  1858. 

November  30. 

794  1850.      George  Thompson,  the  celebrated    English   Ab- 
olitionist, visited  Worcester. 

His  presence  in  Boston  in  1835  was  tne  cause  of  the  Garrison  riot.  Mr. 
Thompson  was  again  in  Worcester  during  the  Rebellion. 

December  i. 

795  1856.     Worcester  School  of  Design  and  Academy  of  Fine 
Arts  established. 

Located  on  the  upper  floor  of  Clark's  block,  corner  of  Mechanic  and 
Main  streets.  The  school  was  maintained  about  five  years. 

796  1862.     Rev.  William  R.   Huntington  ordained  Rector  of 
All  Saints  Church.' 

He  resigned  Dec.  i,  1883,  to  become  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  New 
York  City. 

December  2. 

797  I^75-     "This  day  all  the  houses  in  Quonsukamuck  were 
burnt  by 'the  Indians." — Increase  Mather. 

The  buildings  had  been  deserted  by  the  inhabitants,  through  fear  of 
Indian  attack,  some  time  before. 


NOTEWORTHY   EVENTS.  133 

798  1801.     First  issue  of  the  National  ^Egis. 

This  paper  was  founded  to  sustain  the  principles  of  Thomas  Jefferson 
against  the  misrepresentation  and  abuse  of  the  Federalists  of  Massa- 
chusetts. It  was  published  until  1833,  when  it  was  merged  with  the 
Yeoman.  It  was  edited  successively  by  Francis  Blake,  Edward  Bangs, 
Levi  Lincoln,  Samuel  Brazer,  William  Charles  White,  Enoch  Lincoln, 
Edward  D.  Bangs,  Pliny  Merrick,  William  Lincoln,  Christopher  C. 
Baldwin  and  William  N.  Green.  The  paper  was  re-established  in  1838, 
and  in  1857  was  merged  with  the  Transcript,  which  was  succeeded  by 
the  present  Gazette. 

799  1879.     Death  of  Rev.  William  M.  Parry. 

He  was  a  native  of  Nottingham,  England,  and  came  to  this  country  in 
1872,  and  was  acting  Pastor  of  the  Old  South  Church  for  about  two 
years.  He  possessed  genius,  learning  and  ability,  but  was  erratic  and 
eccentric.  He  organized  the  Tabernacle  Church  in  1874.  In  his  will 
he  made  special  request  that  his  friends  and  the  newspapers  would 
make  no  mention  of  his  decease  or  of  anything  concerning  him.  which 
was  disregarded. 

December  3. 

800  1881.     New  City  (or  Jaques)  Hospital  opened. 

December  4. 

80 1  1862.     A  deserter  was  shot  on  the  Common. 

A  company  of  about  100  deserters  from  Fort  Independence  passed 
through  Worcester  in  the  steamboat  train  in  the  evening.  Two  or 
more  jumped  from  the  train,  and  one,  named  Michael  Farrel,  aged  22, 
was  fired  at  by  the  guard  and  shot  through,  the  body.  He  died  on  the 
6th. 

802  1873.     Fall  of  a  building  on  Main  street. 

The  north  wall  of  the  unfinished  building  opposite  the  Old  South 
Church,  belonging  to  Gross  and  Strauss,  fell  about  5  A.  M.,  in  conse- 
quence of  the  freezing  of  the  mortar.  The  low  wooden  building 
adjoining,  occupied  as  a  music  store,  was  entirely  demolished. 

803  1873.      Edward  Jenkins  lectured  in  Mechanics  Hall  on 
"The  England  of  to-day." 

He  is  the  author  of  "Jinx's  Baby." 
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134  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

December  5. 

804  1837.    Convention  of  Ministers  of  Worcester  County  called 
to  express  sentiments  against  slavery. 

This  was  brought  about  principally  by  the  efforts  of  Rev.  George  Allen, 
and  clergymen  of  various  denominations  to  the  number  of  about  eighty 
attended.  A  "Declaration"  offered  by  Mr.  Allen  was  considered  too 
radical,  and  the  Convention  adjourned  to  meet  the  i6th  of  the  follow- 
ing January,  when  a  manifesto  (substantially  Mr.  Allen's)  was  put 
forth  which  had  great  influence  in  shaping  public  sentiment  on  the 
slavery  question. 

805  1873.     Bret  Harte  lectured  on  "The  Argonauts  of  '49." 

December  6. 

806  1786.     Arrival  of  Daniel  Shays. 

The  leader  of  the  insurgents  arrived  from  Rutland  with  350  men  which 
with  those  already  here,  increased  his  force  to  nearly  1000.  The  Court 
House  had  been  seized  by  the  rebels  on  the  3d,  and  they  remained  in 
possession  of  the  town  about  a  week. 

807  1817.     "Col.  Ebenezer  Lovel  Died  Dec.  6,  1817,  aged  88 
years. 

"An  officer  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Was  ensign  in  the  company  of 
Capt.  Benjamin  Flagg,  which  left  Worcester  on  the  alarm  at  Lexington 
in  1775.  Was  one  of  the  'Committee  of  Inspection'  chosen  in  1774  to 
examine  from  time  to  time  the  merchants  and  traders  of  the  to\\n,  and 
see  that  no  imported  goods  were  offered  for  sale  in  violation  of  the 
'solemn  league  and  covenant.'  Selectman,  1778,  79,  84.  Represent- 
ative to  the  General  Court,  1777.  One  of  the  original  members  of  the 
American  Political  Society ''-inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

808  1875.     Prof.  Richard  A.  Proctor,  the  English  astronomer, 
lectured  in  Plymouth  Chapel  on  "Other  Worlds  and  other 
Suns  than  ours." 

He  subsequently  lectured  several  times  in  Worcester. 

809  1882.     Transit  of  Venus. 

It  was  observed  in  Worcester  at  the  High  School,  State  Normal  School, 
Free  Institute  and  Worcester  Academy.  At  the  High  School,  Princi- 
pal Roe  obligingly  gratified  a  large  number  of  persons  with  a  view  of 
the  phenomenon,  which  will  not  occur  again  until  the  year  2005. 


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NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  135 

December  7. 

8 10  1825.     Horace  Carter  executed  for  rape. 

811  1869.     Death  of  Dr.  Benjamin  F.  Heywood. 

He  was  a  son  of  Hon.  Benjamin  Heywood  of  Worcester,  born  April 
24,  1792.  He  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1812;  took  the  de- 
gree of  M.  D.,  1813;  and  practised  here  many  years. 

December  8. 

812  1763.     The  Old  South'  Meeting  House  first  used  for  relig- 
ious purposes. 

813  1829.     Anti-Masonic  Convention  at  the  Court  House. 

814  1872.     Free  Public  Library  opened  Sunday. 

"And  God  said.  Let  there  be  light." 

December  9. 

815  1812.     First  Baptist  Church  formed. 

816  1819.     "In  Memory  of  Mr.  DANIEL  BAIRD  who  died 
Dec.  9,  1819,  aged  77. 

"Married  Jane  Smith,  January  8th,  1768,  and  kept  the  Baird  Tavern. 
"He  was  sergeant  in  Capt.  Benjamin  Flagg's  company  that  marched 
from  Worcester  on  the  alarm  at  Lexington,  April  19,  1775.  Sergeant 
in  Col.  Crafts'  regiment  of  artillery,  1776.  Private  in  Capt.  David 
Chadwick's  company  that  marched  to  Hadley  on  the  alarm  at  Benning- 
ton,  Aug.  28,  1777. 

"Mr.  Baird  held  the  office  of  Selectman  for  five  years  commencing 
with  1785,  and  was  a  member  of  the  American  Political  Society." — 
Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

Mr.  Bair'd  was  concerned  in  Shays's  Rebellion,  and  was  confined  in 
Boston  Gaol,  March  5,  1787. 

817  1819.     Worcester  County  Anti-Slavery  Convention. 

At  the  Court  House.  It  was  called  to  take  action  to  prevent  the  fur- 
ther introduction  of  slavery  into  new  states. 

December  10. 

818  1775.    "On  Sunday  last  the  lady  of  his  Excellency  General 


136  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

Washington,  and  the  lady  of  General  Gates,  with  their  attend- 
ants, passed  through  this  town  on  their  way  to  Cambridge." 
—Spy. 

819  1851.    "Jenny  Lind,  assisted  by  Otto  Goldschmidt,  Signer 
Belletti  and  Mr.  Joseph  Burke,  gave  a  concert  at  the  City 
Hall. 

Tickets  $2.,  $3.  and  $4.  Every  seat  was  taken.  A  large  number  gath- 
ered about  the  building  to  catch  such  notes  as  might  escape  through 
the  walls.  This  was  her  farewell  concert  in  Massachusetts. 

"Jenny  never  sang  better,  or  gave  better  satisfaction." — Spy. 

She  occupied  rooms  at  the  Worcester  House. 

820  1856.     B.  L.  Batchelder  of  Sutton  drew  a  barrel  of  beans 
on  a  hand-sled  from  Sutton  to  Worcester,  in  fulfillment  of  an 
election  wager  with  T.  W.  Short  of  Worcester. 

The  bet  was  made  on  the  result  of  the  presidential  contest :  Buchanan 
vs.  Fremont.  Mr.  Batchelder,  wearing  snow-shoes,  left  Sutton  at  10 
A.  M.,  and  arrived  at  the  lower  end  of  Green  street  at  3.30,  where  he 
was  awaited  by  a  large  concourse.  A  procession  was  formed,  headed 
by  a  band  of  music,  and  proceeded  through  Main  street  to  the  Bay 
State  House,  Mr.  Short  riding  in  a  barouche.  Here  the  beans  were 
delivered  to  Mr.  Short,  Mr.  Z.  K.  Pangborn  making  the  presentation 
speech,  to  which  Mr.  Calvin  E.  Pratt  responded,  speaking  from  the  top 
of  an. omnibus.  An  immense  crowd  blocked  the  street.  A  bean  sup- 
per was  served  to  a  large  company. 

December  n. 

821  1823.     David  Brown,  a  Cherokee,  delivered  an  address  in 
the  Old  South  Church,  in  aid  of  a  mission  to  establish  schools 
among  the  Cherokees  of  the  Arkansas. 

822  1873.     Thomas  Nast  lectured  on -"Caricature." 

December  12. 

823  1848.     Salem  Street  Church  dedicated. 

824  1855.     William  M.  Thackeray  lectured  in  the  City  Hall. 

825  1874.     Death  of  Alexander  H.  Wilder. 


NOTEWORTHY    EVENTS.  137 

He  was  born  in  Lancaster,  and  came  to  Worcester  in  1823  as  a  clerk 
in  the  Registry  of  Deeds,  and  succeeded  Artemas  Ward  as  Register  in 
1846,  retaining  the  office  until  his  death. 

December  13. 

826  1835.     First  Episcopal  Service  in  Worcester. 

827  1866.     John  G.  Saxe  read  a  poem  entitled  "Love,"  at 
Mechanics  Hall. 

December  15. 

828  1717-     First  recorded  death  in  Worcester:  Rachel  Kil- 
lough,  daughter  of  John  and  Jean  Killough. 

829  1861.     Hon.  Daniel  S.  Dickinson  of  New  York  lectured 
in  Mechanics  Hall  on  ''The  Union,  its  perils  and  hopes." 

December  16. 

830  1870.      Gas  Explosion  resulting  in  the  death  of  Mayor 
James  B.  Blake. 

Mayor  Blake  was  Superintendent  of  the  Gas  Works,  and  going  in  the 
evening  with  the  foreman,  who  carried  a  lighted  lantern,  to  inspect 
some  repairs  in  the  purifying  room,  a  severe  explosion  ensued  in  con- 
sequence of  the  escape  of  gas  from  an  open  stopcock.  The  building 
was  demolished  and  the  Mayor  and  his  attendant  severely  burned  and 
bruised.  Mr.  Blake  died  about  36  hours  after  the  accident.  A  pub- 
lic funeral  was  held  in  Mechanics  Hall  on  Thursday,  Dec.  22. 
I 

December  18. 

831  1848.     Worcester  and  Nashua  Railroad  opened. 

December  19. 

832  1768.     "Here  lies  Buried  ye  Body  of  Gershom  Rice,  who 
died  Dec™  ye  igih  A.  D.  1768,  in  ye  iO2d  year  of  his  age. 
"Gershom  Rice  was  son  of  Thomas,  who  was  the  third  son  of  the  emi- 
grant, Edmund  Rice,  wh*came  from  England  and  settled  in  Sudbury 
in  1639,  and  afterwards  removed  to  Marlboro',  where  he  died   May  3, 


138  THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 

1663.  Gershom  Rice  was  the  second  settler  of  Worcester,  coming  here 
in  1715.  Selectman,  1724,  27,  31,  33,  36,  46.  Town  Treasurer,  1736. 
It  was  at  his  house  that  religious  services  were  first  held  in  the  town." 
— Inscriptions  from  the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

833  1838.     Rev.  Seth  Sweetser  installed  Pastor  of  the  Central 
Church. 

December  20. 

834  1810.     "ERECTED  In  memory  of  EPHRAIM  MOWER  Esq. 
who  departed  this  life  Dec.  20,  1810,  y£t.  62. 

"Married  Thankful  Hersey  of  Leicester,  and  kept  the  hotel  which 
stood  near  the  corner  of  Main  and  Mechanic  streets,  on  the  site  now 
occupied  by  Clark's  block.  Was  one  of  the  original  founders  of  the 
Second  Parish  Church  in  Worcester,  organized  in  1785,  and  at  the  first 
meeting  of  the  members  of  the  parish  called  for  the  election  of  officers 
in  1789,  Mr.  Mower  was  chosen  collector.  Selectman  from  1790  to 
1810  inclusive.  Representative  to  the  General  Court  from  1806  to 
1810,  and  Crier  of  the  Courts  from  1800  to  1807." — Inscriptions  from 
the  Old  Burial  Grounds. 

December  21. 

835  1882.     First  issue  of  the  New  England  Home  Journal. 

December  22. 

836  1825.     Edmund  Kean,  the  celebrated  English  tragedian, 
remained  in  Worcester  over  night. 

He  passed  through  Worcester  on  the  2Oth,  and  attempted  to  play  in 
Boston  on  the  evening  of  the  2ist,  but  was  prevented  by  riotous  demon- 
strations. He  left  Boston  and  arrived  in  this  town,  well  armed,  on  the 
night  of  the  22d,  and  departed  for  New  York  the  next  morning. 

Edmund  Kean,  one  of  the  greatest  lights  of  the  English  stage,  was 
born  in  London  in  1787,  and  achieved  his  greatest  triumphs  at  the 
Drury  Lane  theatre.  His  principal  characters  were  Othello,  Shylock, 
Richard  III.,  and  Sir  Giles  Overreach.  He  visited  this  country  twice. 
Dissolute  habits  hastened  his  death,  which  occurred  May  15,  1833. 

837  1858.      Rev.   Rush    R.  Shippen    installed    Pastor  of  the 
Church  of  the  Unity. 


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December  23. 

838  1859.     Free  Public  Library  established  by  ordinance. 

839  1873.     First  exercise  of  the  Veto  Power  by  the  Mayor. 

Mayor  Jillson  vetoed  an  order  authorizing  the  laying  out  of  a  street 
(the  Boulevard)  over  Elm  Park. 

December  24. 

840  1824.     "Hancock  Arms"  or  Butman  tavern  burned. 

841  1839.     George  Combe,  the  eminent  Scotch  Phrenologist, 
lectured  in  Worcester. 

842  1868.     Paul  B.  Du  Chaillu  lectured  on  African  Travels. 

December  26. 

843  1865.     Hon.  Schuyler  Colfax  gave  a  lecture  descriptive  of 
his  tour  across  the  Continent. 

December  27. 

1773.     American  Political  Society  formed. 
1859.  A  Steam  Fire  Engine  was  exhibited  on  the  Common. 

December  28. 

846  1841.     Second  Baptist  Church  organized 

December  30. 

847  1868.     Death  of  Ichabod  Washburn. 

He  was  born  in  Kingston,  Aug.  u,  1798;  came  to  Worcester  about 
1820  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  lead  pipe  and  wire;  and  in 
1834  established  a  wire  factory  on  Grove  street — the  foundation  of  the 
present  extensive  works  of  the  Washburn  and  Moen  Company. 

848  1871.     New  High  School  Building  dedicated. 

849  1881.     Eulogy  on  President  Garfield  by  Hon.  George  F. 
Hoar. 

December  31. 

850  1875.     Illumination  in  honor  of  the  Centennial  Year. 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


"**     The  figures  refer  to  the  Paragraphs. 


Abbott,  Rev.  J.  S.  C.,  54. 
Absentees,  see  7^ories. 
Academy  of  Fine  Arts,  795. 
Academy,  Worcester,  328,  701,  722. 
Accidents,  377,  461,  705,  758,  764. 
-    Adams,  Chas.  Francis,  381,  730. 
John,  1 20. 
Rev.  J.  G.,  323. 

—  John  Quincy,  140,  689. 

—  Samuel,  188,  240. 
"Adams  and  Liberty,"  song,  406. 
/Egis,  see  National  sEgis. 
Agricultural  Society,  106. 
Aldrich,  P.  Emory,  206,  305,  783. 
Allen,  Alvin,  793. 

Charles,  8,  85,  142,  264,  305,  367, 
381,428,470,  548,  751. 

Gen.  Ethan,  215. 

Rev.  George,  145,  188,  225,  264, 
367,  488,  804. 

Joseph,  39,  1 88. 

Joseph,  Jr.,  403. 

Samuel,  39. 

All  Saints  Church,  205. 
American  Antiquarian  Society,  721. 

Herald,  570. 

House,  41. 

Political  Society,  69,  844. 

Temperance  House,  394. 
Amherst,  Gen.,  631. 
Amoskeag  Veterans,  70x3. 
Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Co., 
537.  673- 


-Andrew,  Gov.,  526,  585. 
Samuel,  279. 

Andrews,  Benjamin,  342. 

"Angel  Gabriel,"  289. 

Anti-Masonic  Convention,  813. 

Antiquarian  Hall,  578. 

Anti-Slavery  Conventions,  804,  817. 

Aqueduct  Company,  242. 

Arbuckle,  Matthew,  20,  91. 

Ardarani,  Signor,  146. 

Arnold,  Matthew,  788. 
-Arthur,  President,  698. 

Arthur,  a  negro,  710. 

Artillery,  Worcester,  399-402,  404, 
405,  407,  408,  412,  416,  417, 
428,  430,  463,  464,  622. 

Ashby,  William,  24. 

Athenaeum,  Worcester  County,  145. 

Atlantic  Cable  celebrations,  547,  593. 

Austin,  Rev.  Samuel,  251,  333,  406, 
638,  663. 

B 

Baby  Show,  655. 

Bacon,  Peter  C.,  142,  206,  243,  303, 

467. 

Bailey,  Silas,  488. 
Baird,  Daniel,  816. 
Baker,  Lovell,  488. 
Baldwin,  Christopher.  C.,  677,  798. 

John  D.,  373,479.  5°'- 
Ball,  Phinehas,  206. 
Ballon,  Rev.  Adin,  792. 
Bancroft,  Rev.   Aaron,  60,   103,  566, 

721. 
George,  85,  442,  674. 


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Bangs,  Edward,    39,  301,  379,  400, 
408,  721. 

Edward  D.,  396,  416,  420,  798. 
Banister,  Emory,  769. 

Samuel,  488. 
Bank,  Worcester,  attempt  to  break, 

523- 

•Banks,  Nathaniel  P.,  612. 
Banks,  136,  144,  173,  209,  226,  238, 

276,  390. 

Baptism  first  administered,  316. 
Baptist  Churches,  12,   134,  298,  815, 

846. 

Baptists  denounced,  333. 
Barber,  James,  306. 
Barnard,  John,  354. 
•  Barnum,  P.  T.,  179. 
Barrett,  Thomas,  7. 
Barton,  Clara,  762. 

Ira  M.,  372,  507. 
Batchelder,  B.  L.,  820. 
Bay  State  House,  75.  _^ 

Beans,  barrel  of,  820. 
Beecher,  Rev.  H.  W.,  207. 
Belcher,  Andrew,  279. 

Gov.  569. 
Bell,  John,  777. 
Bell  and  Everett  flag,  527. 
Bell  Ringers,  736. 
Belletti,  Signor,  819. 
Bellows,  Asael,  488. 

Rev.  H.  W.,  320. 
Benchley,  Lt.-Gov.,  162. 
Benjamin,  Park,  774. 
Bentley,  George  W.,  273. 
Benton,  Thomas  H.,  40. 
-Bernhardt,  Sara,  199. 
Bickford,  William  M.,  68. 
Bigelow,  Abijah,  200. 

Rev.  Andrew,  234. 

Daniel,  184. 

Daniel,  Jr.,  159. 

David,  69. 


Bigelow,  John  P.,  234. 

Joshua,  69. 

Lewis,  380,  488. 

Timothy,  163,  184,  231,  234,  259. 

Tyler,  234. 
Bird,  F.  W.,  24. 
Birds,  bounty  for,  149. 
Birney,  James  G.,  32. 
Birth,  first,  752. 
Bishop,  Madame  Anna,  20. 
Blacksmiths'  Convention,  618. 
Blackstone  Canal,  683. 
Bladder  Pond,  786. 
Blair,  Joseph,  354. 

Blake,  Francis,   105,  404,  416,    721, 
798. 

James  B.,  206,  590,  830. 
Blasphemy  punished,  260. 
Blind  Tom,  767. 
Blind,  exhibition  of  the,  312. 
Blitz,  Signor,  107. 
Blondin,  131. 
Boiler  explosion,  518. 
Boomer,  Gen.  George  B.,  383. 
Booth,  Edwin,  775. 
Boston,  Barre  and  Gardner  railroad, 

604. 
Boston  and  Worcester  railroad,  397, 

470. 
Boyden,  Daniel,  69. 

Joseph,  54. 
Bowditch,  H.  I.,  542. 
Bradlaugh,  Charles,  14. 
Bradley,  Osgood,  272. 
Brazer,  Samuel,  39,  95,  342,  798. 
Brewer,  Josiah,  69. 
Bridge,  Samuel,  538. 
Bridge  sunk,  637. 
Brigham,  Charles,  24. 
Brignoli,  754. 
Brinley,  George,  278,  380. 
Brinley  Hall,  3^0. 
British  officers  escape,  22. 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


145 


Brooks,  Samuel,  163. 

William,  392. 
Brown,  Albert,  488. 
Alzirus,  no. 

Capt.  (British  Army)  109,  202. 
David,  821. 
Capt.  John,  169,  174. 
Luke,  219. 
Willard,  488. 
—Browne,  Charles  F.,  (Artemas  Ward) 

76. 
— Brownlow,  Parson,  338. 

Brownson,  O.  A.,  439. 
_^  Buchanan,  President,  385. 

James,    (executed   for    murder) 

392. 

Buckner,  Gen.  S.  B.,  127. 
-  Bull,  Ole,  389. 

Bullock,  Alex.  H.,  31,  162,  206,  222, 
318,  442,  498,  501,  656. 

Bulow,  Dr.  Hans  Von,  741. 

Bunker  Hill  Monument  fund,  546. 

Burbank,  Elijah,  108. 
— •  Burgoyne,  Gen.,  745. 

Burial  Places,  269,  303,  619,  669. 

Burials  on  the  Common  prohibited 

574- 

Burke,  Joseph,  819. 
— -Burlingame,  Anson,  567. 
Burnett,  Luther,  488. 
Burnham,  Lemuel,  262. 
Burns,  Anthony,  310,  323,  329. 
— Burnside,  Gen.,  498,  615. 
S.  M.,  43'»  52I>  721- 
Burr,  Rev.  Isaac,  115,  695,  720. 
Burritt,  Elihu,  u,  ioi,  765,  783. 
Burroughs,  Stephen,  311. 
Burt,  Simeon,  488. 
—  Butler,  Geri.,  606,  629,  632,  728. 
Butman,  Asa  O.,  731. 

Benjamin,  278,  380,  488. 
Butman  Riot,  731. 
Tavern,  840. 


Bynner,  Edwin,  189. 

C 
Caldwell,  John  \V.,  410. 

William,  465. 
Calliope,  Steam,  449,  477. 
Calvinist  Church,  see  Central  Church. 
Camels,  750. 
Campbell,  Lewis  D.,  381. 

Col.,  215. 
Camp  Scott,  382. 
Canal,  Blackstone,  683. 
Cardiff  Giant,  353. 
Carreno,  Teresa,  25,  148. 
Carter,  Horace,  810. 
Catholic  Church,  first,  473. 
1  Cattle  Show,  first.,  682. 
;  Causeway  completed,  378. 
I  Cemeteries,  269,  303,  619,  669. 
Centenarians,  89,  386,  684,  832. 
Centennial  celebration,  460. 
Central  Bank,  144. 

Church,  488,  563,  702. 
Exchange,  133. 
Chadwick,  James,  388. 
Chamberlain,  Henry,  317. 

Jacob,  157,  317,  354.  55°- 
J.C.,  317. 
John,  317. 
Levi,  317. 
Robert  H.,  455. 
Chamberlin,  Harmon,  488. 
Chandler,  Charles,  39,  342. 
Clark,  342,  364.  577- 
.Eliza  A.,  105. 

Gardner,  297,  354.  687,  757- 
Hannah,  757. 
Henry  L.,  457. 
John,  69,  569. 
Lucretia,  566. 
Nathaniel,  342. 
Samuel,  39,  342. 
Zachariah,  686. 
Channing,  Walter,  437. 


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Chapin,  Henry,  206,  258,  457,  590, 

623,  697. 

Chase,  Anthony,  68,  77,  540. 
Cheever,  Rev.  H.  T.,  648. 
Cherokee  Missions,  821. 
Children's  Friend  Society,  153. 
Childs,  Moses  N.,  59. 
^Chinese  Embassy,  567. 
Choate,  Rufus,  190. 
Choral  Union,  186. 
"Christian  Citizen,"  newspaper,  n. 
Cilley,  Jonathan,  777. 
Circus  condemned,  284. 
Circuses,  481,  519. 
Citizens  Bank,  209. 
City  chartered,  118. 
City  Government,  first,  227. 

Guards,  236. 

Hall,  see  Town  Hall. 

Hospital,  725,  800. 
Clapp,  Daniel,  168. 
Clark,  John  F.,  488. 

Joseph,  354. 

Joseph  G.,  117. 
Clarke,  Julius  L.,  189,  370. 
Clay,  Henry,  747. 
Clay  Club,  442. 

Clemens,  S.  L.,  (Mark  Twain)  756. 
Clifford,  Nathan,  385. 

Warner,  75. 
Cochrane,  Gen.,  86. 
Cogswell,  J.  B.  D.,  189,  305. 
Colfax,  Schuyler,  843. 
Coffin,  Abel,  476. 
Cold  Snaps,  49,  53. 
Cold  Water  Army,  398,  440,  441. 
Collins,  Wilkie,  71. 
Combe,  George,  841. 
Combs,  Leslie,  372. 

S.  E.,  no. 

Commonwealth  Club,  organized  Jan. 
26,  1880;  incorporated  Nov. 
29,  1881. 


Conant,  Edwin,  431,  442. 
Confederation  approved,  21. 
Congdon,  Samuel,  488. 
Conklin,  Henry  W.,  255. 
Continentals,  Worcester,  214. 
Convention,  Anti-Texas,  264. 

Anti-War,  557. 

Disunion,  24. 
Converse,  Benjamin,  163. 
Cook,  Stephen,  311. 
Coolidge,  John,  422,  488. 
Cooper,  Adj. -Gen.,  634. 
Corbett,  Otis,  425. 
Corcoran,  Gen.,  589. 
Corduroy,  first  piece,  245. 
Cornwallis's  surrender,  753. 
Cotting,  Samuel,  469. 
Counterfeit   Money,   punishment  for 

passing,  262. 

County  incorporated,    194;    erected, 
483- 

looth  anniversary,  676. 
Court  Houses,  154,  556,  657,  665,  666. 
Courts,  first  Inferior,  553. 

Superior,  644. 
Courts  closed,  605,  608. 
Cresson,  Elliott,  61. 
Crompton,  George,  498. 
Curtis,  Geo.  William,  62. 

John,  69,  202,  354,  384. 

Mary,  317. 

Samuel,  707. 

Sarah,  202. 

William,  354. 
Gushing,  Caleb,  329,  708. 

Frank  H.,  187. 
Cushion  for  pulpit,  274. 
Cushman,  Charlotte,  282. 
Cutler,  Rev.  E.,  305. 
Cutter,  John,  342. 

D 
Daily  Journal,  591. 

Newspaper,  first,  370. 


GENERAL  INDKX. 


'47 


Daily  Spy,  see  Sfy. 

Transcript,  370. 
Dale  Hospital,  722. 
Damrosch,  Dr.  Leopold,  148. 
Davie,  William  R.,  270. 
Davis,  Edward  L.,  206,  498. 

Isaac,  85,  1 10, 193,  206,  224,  234, 
242,273,307,356,457,517. 

J.  C.  B.,  372. 

Jeff.,  244. 

John,  96,  233,  257,  357,  419, 430, 
488,  747. 

Samuel,  242. 
Day,  George,  488. 

Jonathan,  448. 
D'Angri,  Madame,  17. 
Death,  first  recorded,  828. 
De  Bernicre,  Ensign,  109,  202. 
Declaration  of    Independence,  496, 

5°3- 

Decoration  Day,  315. 
Deeds,  Indian,  84,  495. 
De  Meyer,  Leopold,  146. 
Denny,  Austin,  421,  488. 

Capt.,  399. 
Depot,  Foster  street,  68 1. 
Deserter  shot,  801. 
Devens,  Charles,  86,  236,  494,  498^ 

5°9»  549.  576- 
Dexter,  Franklin,  434. 
•—Dickens,  Charles,  70,  170. 

Dickinson,  Anna  E.,  267,  332. 

Daniel  S.,  829. 
Disunion  Convention,  24. 
Dix,  Dr.  Elijah,  39,  163. 
Doe,  C.  H.,  501. 
Dog  Show,  300. 
. — -  Doubleday,  Gen.,  9. 
^  Douglas,  Stephen  A.,  335,  375,  506. 
Douglass,  Frederick,  169. 
Dowley,  Levi  A.,  68. 
Doyle,  Patrick,  555. 
Draft,  492. 


Drew,  Thomas,  310,  513. 
Dualin  Explosion,  see  Explosions. 
Du  Chaillu,  P.  B.,  842. 
Dunbar,  Rufus  D.,  68. 
Duncan,  Daniel,  126. 

Samuel,  126. 

Simeon,  .104. 
Dwight,  Edmund,  721. 
•»       Rev.  Timothy,  664. 
Dyer,  Joseph,  126. 

E 

Earle,  Edward,  206,  291,  783. 

John  Milton,  77,  370,  488,  501, 

540,  769. 
Thomas,  24. 
Timothy  K.,  291. 
Earthquakes,  283,  714. 
Eaton,  Joshua,  649. 
Nathaniel,  425. 
Thomas  B.,  488. 
— »    Gen.  William,  23. 
Effigies,  244,  329. 
Election,  first  city,  206. 
Election  Bet,  820. 
Elephant  "Columbus,"  510. 
Eliot,  John,  630. 
Ellsworth,  Oliver,  270. 
Emancipation  in   West  Indies  cele- 
brated, 542. 

Emerson,  Ralph  Waldo,  281. 
Emmet  Guards,  236,  491. 
Enemies,  list  of,  354. 
Engine  House  blown  up,  4. 
Engine,  Steam  Fire,  845. 
Engineers,  Chief,  1 10. 
Envelope  Contribution,  651. 
Episcopal  Church,  205. 
First  Service,  826. 
Erba,  Marietta,  20. 
Escape  of  prisoners,  22,  34. 
Estabrook,  James,  285,  621. 
Eulogies,  239,  318,  849. 


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Evarts,  William  M.,  576. 

Evening  Gazette,  Worcester,  189, 798. 

Journal,  588. 
Everett  brothers,  712. 

Edward,  36,  275,  433,  470,  679, 

712,  777. 

Excise  on  liquor,  protest  against,  50. 
Executions,   7,  308,    362,    392,    562, 
706,  709,  710,   716,  723,  733, 
759,  780,  8to. 
Exchange,  Central,  133. 

Front  street,  80. 

Explosions.  Dualin  explosion,  B.  &  A. 
R.  R.,  near  Junction,  June  23, 
1870.  One  man  killed  and 
about  thirty  persons  injured. 
Many  buildings  shattered. 
Other  explosions:  4,  in,  258, 
518,  830. 

F 

— 

Fairs,  Mechanics,  659. 

New  England,  600. 
Farragut,  Admiral,  391. 
Fall  of  a  building,  802. 
Farrel,  Michael,  801, 
Fast,  for  a  minister,  115. 

National,  539. 
Father    Mathew's  Total   Abstinence 

Society,  749. 

Fechter,  Chas.  Albert,  38. 
Fenian  Head  Center,  500. 
Fenwick,  Bishop,  558. 
Fifteenth  Regiment,  514,  549,  551. 
Fifty-first  Regiment,  785. 
Fifty-seventh  Regiment,  229. 
Fire  Alarm  Telegraph,  361. 

Department  established,  1 10. 

Engine,  Steam,  845. 

Societies:  Mutual,  488;  Worces- 
ter, 39,  488. 
Firemen's  Muster,  620. 

Relief  Association,  325. 


Fires,  10,  41,  51,  58,  90,  95,  97,  108, 
133,  205,  272/298,  306,  313, 
350,  485,  512,  568,  572,  579, 
734,  797,  840. 
Fisher,  Maturin  L.,  769. 
Fiske,  Dr..  Oliver,  39,  405. 
Fitch,  Dana  H.,  358. 
Fitzpatrick,  Edward,  706. 
Five  Cents  Savings  Bank,  390. 
Flagg,  Benjamin,  196,  231,  344,  502, 
685. 

Elijah,  428. 

Elisha,  58,  95,  488. 

Enoch,  95,  488. 

Nathaniel,  90. 

Samuel,  51,  342. 
Flagg  Hall,  58. 
Flagg's  Block  burned,  58 . 
Flags  presented,  442,  549. 
Folsom,  George,  432. 
Forrest,  Edwin,  742. 
Foster,  A.  H.,  75. 

Dwight,  142. 

Stephen  S.,   102,  310,  616,  648, 

792. 

Fowle,  Curtis,  160. 
Fox,  William  B.,  488. 
Francis,  John  F.,  624. 

Sidney  O.,  45. 
Free  Institute,  760. 
Free  Public  Library,  177,  452,  603, 

838. 
Free  Soil  Meeting,  367. 

Party  organized,  381. 

Resolution,  367. 
Freedom  Club,  533. 
Fremont,  John  C.,  359. 
Fremont  Club,  486. 

Meetings,  477,  552. 
French  Catholic  Church,  482. 
French  invasion,  646. 
Friends'  Meeting  House,  3. 
Front  Street  Exchange,  80. 


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149 


Frost,  Samuel,  733.      )  both  executed 
Samuel  J.,  308.  J     for  murder. 


Gabriel,  289. 

Gagzaniga,  Madame,  146. 

Gales,  156,  647,  764. 

Gannett,  Deborah,  516. 

Gardner,  Rev.  Andrew,  732. 

Garfield,  President,  656,  849. 

Garrison,  William  Lloyd,  24,  542,  792. 

Gas  Explosions,  4,  830. 

Gas  Light  Company,  368. 

Gates,  Mrs.  Gen.,  818. 

Jonathan,  163. 

Katharine,  167. 

Nathaniel,  425. 

William,  472. 

Gazette,  Worcester  Evening,  189,  798. 
Geer,  Charles  II..  470. 
Gettysburg  Battle,  painting,  768. 
Giddings,  Joshua  R.,  381,  738. 
Gill,  Moses,  388. 
Gillmore,  P.  S.,  20. 
Gipsies  warned  to  depart,  247. 
Gockel,  August,  164. 
Goddard,  Stephen,  488. 
Going,  Rev.  Jonathan,  424. 
Goldschmidt,  Otto,  819. 
Goodridge,  Sewall,  128. 
Goodrich,  Rev.  C.  A.,  488,  688. 

Jesse  W.,  112. 

Samuel  G.,  (Peter  Parley)  545.^ 
Goodwin,  Isaac,  467,  578. 

James,  69,  159,  322. 

Mary,  538. 

Gookin,  Daniel,  279,  630. 
Gorham,  Hiram,  68. 
Gottschalk,  L.  M.,  327. 
Gough,  John  B.,  8,  185,  526,  735. 
Gould,  R.  M.,  no,  255. 
Goulding,  Daniel,  124,  163. 

Henry,  68,  572. 

Ignatius,   163. 


Goulding,  Palmer,  82,  163,  354. 

William,  163. 

Grand  Army  Post  chartered,  218. 
Grant,  President,  360. 
Graves,  William  J.,  777. 
"Greek  Slave"  exhibited,  595. 
Green,  Jabez,  716. 

Dr.  John,  Sr.,  39. 

Dr.  John,  Jr.,  378,  704. 

John  R.,  358. 

Johnson,  562. 

William  N.,  798. 
Greene,  J.  Evarts,  501. 
Greenleaf,  Daniel,  15. 
Grievances  enumerated,  336. 
Grimke  sisters,  658. 
Grout,  John  William,  761. 

H 

Hale,  Rev.  E.  E.,  249,  303. 

John  P.,  447,  696. 

Nathan,  470. 

Hall,  Rev.  Edward  H.,  was  installed 
colleague  pastor  with  Rev.  L)r. 
Hill,  Feb.  10,  1869;  resigned 
Jan.  II,  1882. 

Rev.  Newman,  789. 
Hallett,  Benjamin  F.,  85,  329. 
Hamilton,  Alexander,  347. 

Charles  A.,  430. 

Sewall,  95,  396,  420,  488. 
Hamlin,  Hannibal.  98. 
Hammond,  Elisha,  721. 
Hampton,  Jonathan  535. 
•Hancock,  John,  240,  771. 
Hancock  Arms  Tavern,  840. 
Handel  and  Haydn  Society,  652. 
Harmonic  Society,  428,  530. 
Harrington,  Jubal,  129,  258,  769. 

Samuel,  488. 

Silas,  163. 
Harris,  Thaddeus  M.,  721. 

W.  H.,  513. 


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'' 


Harrison  celebration,  357. 
Harrisonism,  253. 
Hart,  James,, 354. 
.  Harte,  Bret,  805. 
Hathaway,  Samuel,  269. 
Haven,  Samuel  F.,  607. 
Hayes,  Dr.  I.  I.,  81. 

President,  576. 
Healy,  Jedediah,  72,  407. 
Heard,  Nathan,  no,  285,  428,  488, 

621. 

Heath,  Orson  N.,  150. 
Hemenway,  Edward  H.,  324. 

Jacob,  69. 

Henderson,  Hugh,  780. 
Hendricks,  H.  W.,  758. 
Heron,  Matilda,  176. 
Hersey,  Thankful,  834. 
Herz,  Henri,  592. 
Hessian  prisoners,  745. 
Hey  wood,  Abel,  157. 

Dr.  B.  F.,  811. 

Daniel,  196,  216,  488. 

Levi,  414. 

Higgins,  Rev.  David,  588. 
Higginson,  T.  W.,  24,  310. 
High  School  dedicated,  848. 
Hildreth,  S.  E.,  206. 
Hill,  Rev.  Alonzo,  63,  178,  478. 

Mary,  80. 

Hillard,  George  S.,  739. 
Historical  Society,  Worcester  County, 

96. 

Hitchcock,  Peletiah,  407. 
Hoadley,  Rev.  L.  I.,  702. 
Hoar,  George  F.,  549,  656,  849. 

Samuel,  381,  437. 
Hobbs,  George,  449,  517. 
Holden,  125. 
Holden  Rifles,  236. 
Holland,  Dr.  J.  G.,  740. 
Holy  Cross  College,  365,  512. 
Holmes,  Erastus  N.,  no. 


Holmes,  Isaac  E.,   140. 
Holt,  Joseph,  583. 
Home  Guards,  255. 
Home  for  Aged  Females,  268. 
Hooper,  William  R.,  189. 
Hope  Cemetery,  303. 
"Horse  Fair,"  painting,  487. 
Horse  racing  forbidden,  649. 
Horse  Railroad,  590. 
Horticultural  Society,  640,  693. 
Hospital,  City,  725,  800. 

State  Lunatic,  237. 
Houghton,  H.  0.,  373. 
Houston,  Gen.  Sam,  152. 
Hovey,  William,  488. 
Howard,  Benjamin,  488. 

Gen.  O.  O.,  727. 
Howe,  Aaron,  488. 

Estes,  413. 

Lord,  541. 

Dr.  S.  G.,  312. 

Thomas,  428. 

Hubbard,  John  W.,  415,  638. 
Hudson,  Charles,  442,  751. 

L.  R.,  no. 

Huggins,  William,  362. 
Hull,  Rev.  A.  B.,  302. 

George,  357. 
Huntington,  Rev.  William  R.,  796. 

I 

Illuminations,  195,  204,  212,687,  ^5°- 
Incorporation  of  town,  348;    of  city, 

118. 

Independence,    celebrated,   26,  475, 
575.     See  under  July  4. 

Declaration,  see  Declaration. 

Sustained,  304. 
Independent  Gazetteer,  15. 
Indian  Deeds,  84,  495. 
Indians  pursued,  502. 
Indignation  Meetings,  141,  305,  310. 
Ingersoll,  Robert  G.,  139. 
Inman,  F.  H.,  291. 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


J 

Jackson  Guards,  448. 
Jail,  Stone,  601. 
James  brothers,  117,  653. 
Eleazer,  721. 

Rev.  Horace,  66,  142,  305,  735. 
Janauschek,  Fanny,  208. 
Jankins,  William  H.,  731. 
Jaques,  George,  501,  580. 
.  Jay,  John,  248. 
-Jefferson,  Joseph,  166. 
Jeffrey,  a  negro,  709. 
Jenison,  Betsy,  499. 
Samuel,  143. 
William,  636. 
Jenkins,  Edward,  803. 
Jephterson,  Caleb,  260. 
Jillson,  Clark,  206,  247,  296, 460, 839 
Joannes,  Count,  122. 
Johnson,  Edward,  279. 
Joshua,  354. 
Micah,  354. 
President,  369. 
—      Richard  M.,  694. 

William,  126. 
Joice  Heth,  684. 
-  Jones,  John  Paul,  582. 
Phinehas,  167,  399. 
William,  202. 
Joseffy,  Rafael,  27. 
Julien,  Paul,  164. 
Justices  of  the  Peace  chosen,  42. 

K 

Kansas,  Emigrants  to,  505. 
League,  490. 
Meeting,  79. 
-Nebraska  Meeting,  142. 
-   Kean,  Edmund,  836. 
Kearney,  Dennis,  633. 
Kelley,  Dr.  F.  H.,  206. 
Kelly,  Abby,  616. 
_     Kemble,  Fanny,  33. 


Kettell,  John  P.,  68,  299. 
Key,  Postmaster-General,  576. 
Kidnapping,  case  of,  45,  624. 
Killough,  Rachel,  828. 
Kilpatrick,  Gen.,  787. 
King's  Arms  Tavern,  26,  515. 
Kinnicutt,  Thomas,  44,  429,  442. 
Kirkland,  J.  T.,  721. 
Kossuth,  243. 
Knight,  John  H.,  141. 

Jonathan,  90. 
Knowlton,  J.  S.  C,  2,  206,  305,  343- 


Lafayette,  352,  598. 
Lamb,  Edward,  446. 
Land,  first  grant,  263. 
Langtry,  Mrs.,  321. 
Laurel  Street  Church,  113,  511. 
Lawrence,  Myron  W.,  437. 
Timothy  Bigelow,  234. 
Learned,  Comfort,  47. 
Lee,  Gen.  Charles,  388. 

Henry,  57. 

Lee's  surrender,  210,  212. 
Leggate,  William,  68. 
Lexington  Battle,  231. 
Library,  see  Free  Public  Library. 

opened  Sunday,  814. 

Minister's,  720. 
Light  Infantry,  Boston,  356. 

Leicester,  430. 

Worcester,  228,  331.  4»2,  4«6, 

417.532,622. 
Lightning,  damage  by,  301,  376,  387. 

427.  556- 

Lilley,  Lewis,  488. 
Lincoln,  Dr.  Abraham,  39. 

Daniel  Waldo,  Sr.,  412. 

Daniel  Waldo,  Jr.,  206, 255,  59°, 

779- 

Edward  W.,  769. 
Knoch,  416,  798- 


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Lincoln,  Gen.,  43. 

George,  517. 

John  W.,  153,  416,  671. 

Levi,  Sr.,  220,  721. 

Levi,  Jr.,  128,  140,  162,  206,  234, 
314,  324,  372,  468,  470,  478, 
494,  5 '7»  529,  536,  598,  619, 
721,  747,  751,  798. 

Levi,  3d,  555. 
— -  President,  222,  239,  318,  626. 

William,  145,  438,  466,  677,  798. 
Lincoln,  Camp,  508. 

House,  324. 
Lind,  Jenny,  819. 
Lindsay,  William,  723. 
•  Lippincott,    Sara  J.,    (Grace   Green- 
wood) 92. 

Listemann,  Bernhard,  146. 
Locke,  D.  R.,  (Nasby)  729. 
Logan,  Olive,  782. 
Log  Cabin  Meeting,  529. 
Loring,  Judge,  329. 
Loudon,  Lord,  28. 
Lovell,  Albert  A.,  571,  580. 

A.  B.,  no,  455. 

Ebenezer,  807. 
Lowell,  John,  721. 
Lunatic  Asylum,  see  Hospital. 
Luzerne,  Chevalier,  609. 
Lyceum  formed,  746. 
Lyman,  Jonathan  H.,  721. 
Lynde,  Jonathan,  87. 
Lynde  Brook,  dam  carried  off,  188. 

New  dam  accepted,  330. 

Water  introduced,  766. 

M 

Maccarty,  Rev.  Thaddeus,  231,  339, 

484. 

Mad  dog,  1 1 6. 
Mahan,  Sally,  37. 
Mann,  David,  24. 
Manning,  William,  488. 


Mansfield,  John,  362. 
Manual  Labor  School,  328. 
Market,  Free  Public,  586. 
Market  street,    (now   Exchange  st.) 

133- 

Martin,  Pr.  O.,  310. 
Marvin,  Rev.  A.  P.,  457. 
Marshall,  Elijah  H.,  477. 
Martinez,  Isadora,  148. 
Masonic  Lodges,  342. 
Mass  Meeting,  372. 
Massachusetts  Herald,  610. 

Spy,  197,  259,  s01- 

Yeoman,  597,  798. 
Mastodon  exhibited,  16. 
Mathew,  Dr.,  444,  445. 

Father,  713. 

i  May,  Rev.  Samuel,  648. 
I  Maynard,  Horace,  613. 
Mayors,  list  of,  206. 
McCafferty,  M.  J.,  8,  491,  509. 
McClellan,  Gen.,  55. 
McFarland,  William,  52. 
McSwish,  Sandy,  289. 
Meagher,  Thomas  F.,  78. 
Mechanic  St.  Burial  Ground,  669. 
Mechanics  Association,  68. 

Bank,  238. 

Savings  Bank,  280. 

Fairs,  659. 

Hall,  162,  599. 

Riflemen,  634. 
Medical  School,  130. 

Society,  654. 
Meeting  House  first  used,  812. 

Plan  of,  faces  page  135. 
Memorial  Day,  315. 
Menagerie,  first,  524. 
Merrick,  Francis  T.,  488. 

Pliny,  85,  420,  798. 
Merrirield,  Alpheus,  46,  488. 
Merrifield  Fire,  350. 
Methodist   Churches,  97,    113,   241, 
511,  561,  772. 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


153 


Methodist  Society,  first,  74. 

Miles,  Rev.  J.  B.,  783. 

Miller,  Henry  W.,  68,  no,  242. 

Jacob, 163. 

Rev.  Rodney  A.,  206,  334.  •     u__* 
Mills,  Elijah  H.,  721. 

Richard,  488. 
Millstone  Hill,  581. 
Miner,  Rev.  A.  A.,  623. 
Ministerial  Land,  163,  251, 
Ministers,  convention  of,  804. 
"Minute  Men,"  Hersey's,  449,  451. 
Misbehavior  in  meeting  house,  159. 
Mission  Chapel,  67. 
Mitchel,  Prof.,  18. 

-  Mitchell,  Maggie,  763. 
Money  voted,  237,  250. 

-Montez,  Lola,  680. 
Monuments  dedicated,  234,  457,498. 
Moody,  D.  L.,  292. 
Moore,  David,  354. 

Nathaniel,  196,  786. 
Samuel,  69,  354. 
Rev.  Zephaniah  Swift,  464. 
«  Moreau,  Gen.,  554. 
Morelli,  Signor,  17. 
Morris,  Oliver  B.,  513. 
Morse,  Mason  H.,  380. 

S.  F.  B.,  225. 
Morton,  Gov.f  85. 
Mossman,  Joshua,  262. 

-  Mott,  Lucretia,  584. 
Mount  Vernon  Fund,  275. 
Mower,  Ebenezer,  89. 

Ephraim,  342,  834. 

Nahum,  15. 

Nathaniel,  734. 

Samuel,  47. 
Mozart  Society,  602. 
Murders,  117,  141. 
Murray,  John,  571. 

William  Vans,  270. 
Music  Hall,  138. 
Musical  Associations,  294,  672. 


Muster,  Firemen's,  620. 
N 

Nashua  Hall,  659. 

Nast,  Thomas,  822. 

National  /Egis,  469,  798. 

Nazro,  John,  39. 

New  England  Home  Journal,  835. 

New  Hampshire  Regiment,  307. 

Newspapers,  2,  n,  15,  112,  129,  189, 
192,  197.  3?0»  489.  520,  522, 
570,  588,  591,  597,  610,  798, 

835- 
Newton,  Benjamin  F.,  171. 

Rejoice,  95,  417. 
Nilsson,  755. 

Non- Resistance  Convention,  792. 
Normal  School,  State,  623. 
"North  Bend,"  newspaper,  489. 
North  Worcester,  125. 
Norwich     and     Worcester     railroad 

opened  March  II,  1840. 
Nowell,  Increase,  263. 
Nullification  in  Massachusetts,  147. 


Odd  Fellows'  Lodges,  254. 
Old  Men's  Home,  180. 
Old  South  Church,  69,  137,  645. 
.  Oliver,  Chief-Justice,  1 68,  230. 
Oratorio,  652. 

Organ  in  Mechanics  Hall,  726. 
Orphans'  Home,  153. 
Orr,  J.  S.,  (Gabriel)  289. 
Otis,  Harrison  Gray,  679,  721. 


Paine,  Fred.  W.,  145,  488. 
Gardner  A.,  488. 
John,  39. 

Nathaniel,  39,  342,  721. 
Samuel  Clarke,  630. 
Timothy,  163,  504,  571. 
Dr.  William,  232. 


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Palladium,  Worcester,  2. 
Pangborn,  Z.  K.,  189,  820. 
Pannasunet,  84. 
-Pappenheim,  Madame,  661. 
Parepa,  5. 
Parker,  Dexter  F.,  289,  305,  588. 

Theodore,  513. 
Parodi,  Teresa,  650. 
Parry,  Rev.  William  M.,  799. 
Partridge,  Elbridge  G.,  68. 
Patch,  Nathan,  163,  354. 

W.  W.,  69. 
-Patti,  Adelina,  164. 

Carlotta,  73. 
Payson,  Thomas,  39. 
Peabody,  Rev.  David,  497. 
Peace,  of  1815,  88. 

Celebrations,  765,  783. 

Convention,  94. 
Peck,  William  D.,  721. 
Peoples  Savings  Bank,  276. 
Ferris,  Sam.,  escape  of,  201. 
Perry,  Emory,  428,  433,  530. 
Pews  allotted,  293. 
Phillips,  Adelaide,  162. 

Ivers,  255,  358. 

Wendell,  24,  440,  542,  648. 
Phonograph,  374. 
Pickett,  Josiah,  498,  769. 
Piedmont  Church,  543,  635. 
Pierce,  Franklin,  329,  573. 

John,  163. 

Pierpont,  Rev.  John,  513. 
Pillory,  260. 

Pillsbury,  Parker,  542,  648. 
Pine  Meadow  Burial  Ground,  269. 
Piper's  Theatre,  80. 
Plymouth  Church,  474. 
"Poetical  Exchange,"  150. 
Polk,  President,  385. 
Pomeroy,  S.  C.,  79. 
"Poore,  Ben:  Perley,  129. 
Porter,  Benjamin,  488. 


. 


Porter,  Eleazer,  394. 

Samuel  A.,  no. 
Postmasters,  list  of,  769. 
Post  Office,  established,  769. 

at  Pearl  St.,  56. 
Pound,  57. 
Pratt,  Calvin  E.,  820. 

Charles  B.,  206,  373,  449. 

Daniel,  (G.  A.  T.)  114. 

Joseph,  68,  291. 
Prentice,  George  D.,  13. 
Press,  Worcester  Daily,  192. 
Prince,  Lucian,  451. 
Prisoners  of  war,  535,  594. 

released,  266. 
Probate  Court,  493. 
Proctor,  Prof.,  808. 
Proprietors'  Meeting,  last,  6n. 
Protests,  126. 
Providence  and   Worcester  railroad, 

724. 

Providence  Light  Infantry,  430. 
Putnam,  James,  51,  -69,  120. 
Putnam  Phalanx,  691. 

Q 

Quincy,  Josiah,  721. 
Quinsigamond  Bank,  173. 

R 

Railroad,    Accidents,    19,   764,    791, 

793- 

Celebration,  470. 

Tracks  removed,  778. 
'Rantoul,  Robert,  436. 
Rarey,  John  S.,  182. 
Rattlesnakes,  bounty  for,  181. 
Real  Estate  prices,  163,  278. 
Rebel  prisoners,  127. 
Reed,  Joseph,  388. 
Regatta,  first,  525. 
Regiments,   departure  of,    229,  551, 

559,  575,  596,  737,  7»5- 
Remenyi,  Edouarcl,  198. 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


'55 


Republican,  Worcester  County,  129. 
Republican  Party  organized,  513. 
Reservoir  destroyed,  183. 
Revere,  Paul,  594. 
Rice,  Aaron,  69. 

Adonijah,  752. 

Edward  B.,  68,  272. 

George  M.,  621. 

Gershom,  832. 

Grace,  784. 

Jezeniah,  126. 

Jonas,  196,  641. 

Jonathan,  355. 

Lemuel  and  Luke,  286. 

William  W.,  206,  310,  323,  452, 

656. 
Richardson,  Geo.  W.,  162,  206,  289. 

Rev.  Merrill,  478,  494,  509. 

Thomas,  126. 
Richmond,  fall  of,  195. 
Rights,  Declaration  of,  288. 


St.  Paul's  Church,  456. 

Salem  St.  Church,  349,  823. 

Salisbury,  Samuel,  271. 
Stephen,  1st.,  39,  271. 
Stephen,  2d.,  39,  242,  373. 

Sampson,  Deborah,  516. 

Sargent,  J.  D.,  430. 

Savings  Hanks,  226,  276,  280,  390. 

Saxe,  John  G.,  827. 
'  School  Dames,  217. 
I  Schoolmaster,  first,  196. 
,- — |  Schurz,  Carl,  235. 

"Scorpion,"  the,  522. 

Scott,  Rev.  Orange,  assault  on,  555. 

Secession  in  Massachusetts,  147. 

Second   Church,        see      Unitarian 
Church,  first. 

Settlement,  permanent,  715. 

Sever,  William,  39. 

Seward,  William  H.,  363. 

Shade  Trees  protected,  123,  203. 


Riots  :  two  scandalous  riots  occurred^  Shaw,  Henry  W.,  (Josh  Billings)  191. 


in  Worcester  in  July,  1807; 
one  on  the  loth,  the  other  on 
the  1 7th  of  that  month. 

Other  Riots:  289,  340,  731. 
Robbery,  87.^ 

Robbins,  Elizabeth  (Prentice),  384. 
Robinson,  Dr.  Charles,  743. 
Roe,  Alfred  S.,  809. 
Rogers,  Henry,  423,  488. 

Randolph,  498. 

Major,  773. 
Ross.  Ezra,  392. 
Rubinstein,  Anton,  213. 
Rumsellers'  triumph,  265. 
Rural  Cemetery,  619. 
Russell,  Benjamin,  286,  721. 

Prof.  E.  H.,  623. 


St.  John,  Rev.  T.  E.,  478. 
St.  John's  Church,  309. 


William  S.,  721. 
Shays,  Daniel,  806. 
Shays's  Rebellion,  43,  355,  605,  776, 

806,  8 1 6. 

Shearer,  Dickinson,  45,  624. 
Shedd,  Susannah,  160. 
Sheridan,  Gen.,  690. 
Sherman,  Gen.,  617. 
Shillaber,  B.  P.,  (Mrs.  Partington)  99. 
Shippen,  Rev.  R.  R.,  837. 
Short,  T.  W.,  820. 
Siamese  Twins,  476. 
Sickles,  Gen.,  86. 
Singing,  innovation  in,  550. 
Sivori,  Camillo,  592. 
Slack,  Charles  W.,  373. 
Slater,  Peter,  412,  457. 
Slavery  condemned,  287. 
Small-pox  epidemic,  296. 
Smalley,  Rev.  E.,  142,  303,  639. 
Smith,  Elisha,  69. 


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Smith,  Rev.  Geo.  P.,  161. 

Gerritt,  658. 

Jane,  816. 

Sisters,  102. 
Snowstorm,  165. 
Soldiers'  Monument,  498. 
—  Sothern,  E.  A.,  319. 

Spooner,  Bathsheba  and  Joshua,  392. 
Sprague,  Homer  B.,  142,  449. 

Peleg,  418. 
Spy,  centennial,  501. 

Worcester  Daily,  370,  520. 

Weekly,  see  Massachusetts  Spy. 
•          Stages,  371,  711,  717. 
Stanton,  Henry  B.,  552. 

John,  39,  342,  399. 
State  Guard,  358,  498. 
State  Normal  School,  623. 
•  State  Lunatic  Hospital,  see  Hospital. 

New  Hospital  opened  Oct.  27,'77. 
Steam  Fire  Engine,  845. 
Stearns,  Bezaleel,  485. 

Daniel,  346. 

Thomas,  26. 

Stebbins,  F.  B.,  425.  ^- 

Stephens,  James,  500. 
Steuben,  Baron,  29. 
Stevens,  Charles  E.,  189. 

Jacob,  354. 

~  Stewart,  Commodore,  385. 
Stigelli,  73. 
Stiles,  Jeremiah,  393. 
Stockwell,  Cyrus,  488. 
Stoddard,  E.  B.,  206. 

J.  C,  477. 
"~  Stone,  Lucy,  648. 

Lydia,  157. 
Story,  Isaac,  409. 
Stowell,  Abel,  163. 

Benjamin,  544. 

Cornelius,  10,  354. 

L.  W.,  430,  488. 

Peter,  10,  499. 


Stowers,  John,  342. 
Stratton,  Joel  D.,  735: 

Rev.  R.  B.,  6. 
Strong,  Caleb,  147. 

Solomon,  264. 
Studlefunk  parades,  455,    458,  459, 

462. 

Studley,  Zenas,  488. 
Sturtevant,  L.  W.,  1 10. 
Suck,  Henry,  20. 
Sullivan,  John,  582. 
Sumner,  Charles,  151,  305,  381,  748. 

Rev.  Joseph,  406. 
Sumter,  Fort,  221. 
Sunday  evening  concert,  530. 
Surplus  Revenue  of  U.  S.,  252. 
Swedish  Methodist  Church,  772. 
Svveetser,  Rev.  Seth,   172,  239,  303, 

833- 

Swett,  Joseph,  488. 
Swiss  Bell  Ringers,  736. 


Taft,  Putnam  W.,  68,  255,  513. 
Taylor,  Bayard,  30. 
James,  196. 

R.  c.,  313. 

Taylor  and  Fillmore  Meeting,  372. 
Taylor's  Building  burned,  313. 
Tea,  resolution  against,  135. 
Telegraph  Despatches  seized,  295. 
Temperance  celebrations,  437,  440, 

441,  443,  444. 
Temperature,  low,  49,  53. 
Temple,  Joseph,  126. 
Thackeray,  William  M.,  824. 
Thalberg,  Sigismund,  17. 
Thayer,  Adin,  501. 

Eli,  142. 
Thaxter,  A.  Wallace,  80. 

Levi,  331. 

Theatres,  58,  80,  138. 
Thief  Detecting  Society,  770. 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


157 


Thirteenth  Regiment,  528. 
Thirty-fourth  Regiment,  559. 
Thirty-sixth  Regiment,  596. 
Thomas,  Benjamin  F.,  234,  432,  435, 

460,  498,  501. 

Isaiah,  39,  72,  197,  259,  342,  373, 
376,  428,  467,  496,  578,  678, 
721,  769. 
Isaiah,  Jr.,  721. 
Theodore,  223. 
Thomas  Street,  678. 
.  Thompson,  George,  794. 
.r  Thoreau,  Henry  D.,  744. 

Thurber,  Charles,  446. 
-Tilghman,  Gen.,  127. 

Tolman,  Albert,  68,  367,  457. 
-  Tom  Thumb,  625. 
Tombs,  the,  324. 
Tories,  34,  290,  354,  773. 
Tornado,  341. 
Tory  Protest,  364,  577. 
Torrey,  Joseph,  342,  404. 
Tourtelott,  S.  D.,  24. 
Town,  William  M.,  488. 
Town,  Hall,  257,  534. 
Incorporation,  348. 
Meeting,  first,  662. 
Township  viewed,  279. 
Train,  George  Francis,  662. 
Transcript,  Daily,  370,  798. 

Daily  Morning,  189. 
Treadwell,  William,  211. 
Trees,  see  Shade  Trees. 
Trinity  M.  E.  Church,  241. 
Tucker,  Polly  Stearns,  346. 

Thomas,  735. 
Turnpike,  158. 
Twenty-fifth  Regiment,  737. 
Twenty-first  Regiment,  508,  575. 
Tyler,  Rev.  Albert,  731. 
President,  366. 


U 

Union  Church,  65,  471. 
Union  Railway  Station,  560. 
Unitarian,  Church,  first,  I,   175,  568, 

579- 

Unity,  Church  of  the,  64,  246,  249. 
Universalist  Society,  326,  692. 

V 

Van  Buren,  Martin,  345. 

Venus,  transit  of,  809. 

Verry,  George  F.,  206. 

Veto  by  the  Mayor,  first,  839. 

Vinton,  Rev.  John  A.,  516. 

Vose,  Richard  Hampton,  426,  429. 

W 

Wagoner,  J.  J.,  163. 
Waite,  Rebekah,  384. 
Waldo,  Daniel,  39,  480.  488,  619. 
Waldo  Church,  488. 
Wales,  Prince  of,  703. 
Walker,  Amasa,  783. 

Rev.  E.  A.,  395. 
Wall,  Caleb  A.,  189. 

James  H.,  324. 
Wallace,  William  A.,  367. 
Wallcutt,  Thomas,  721. 
War  Meetings,  8,  224,  494,  509,  526, 

533- 
Ward,  Alvin,  24. 

Artemas,  466,  488,  825. 

Daniel,  297. 

Genevieve,  100. 

George  H.,  478,  528. 

Hannah,  216. 

Obediah,  216. 
Warren,  Charles  H.,  422. 

Frederick,  758. 

Gen.,  259. 

Samuel,  146. 
Washburn,  Emory,  43°»  468- 

Henry  S.,  162. 


158 


THE  WORCESTER  BOOK. 


Washburn,  Ichabod,  68,  162,  847. 

John  D.,  225. 
Washington,  Gen.,  103,  388,  718. 

Lady,  818. 
Washington,  capture  of,  587. 

Treaty  of,  783. 

Washington  Benevolent  Society,  416. 
Water,  first  Act,  124. 

Supply,  786. 

Works,  766,  779. 
"Waterfall,"  the,  112. 
Way  land,  Francis,  448. 
•Webster,  Daniel,  712,  751. 

Redford,  721. 
Webster  Park,  337. 
Weikle,  H.  T.,  340. 
Weld,  Ezra  Waldo,  39. 
Wells,  Col.,  526. 

William,  721. 
Welsh,  C.  W.,  373. 
Wentworth,  Jonathan,  488. 
West  Point  Cadets,  536. 
Western  railroad,  607. 
Wetherbee,  Simon,  311. 
Wheeler,  Joseph,  163. 

Richard,  649. 

Theophilus,  39. 

William  A.,  68,  93,  242. 

William  D.,  488. 
Whig  Party,  sagacity  of,  748. 
Whipping  administered,  262. 
Whipple,  Moses,  427. 
White,  Edwin  A.,  417. 

John,  342. 

L.  G.,  455. 

William  Charles,  256,  411,  798. 
"  Whitefield,  Rev.  George,  699. 
Whitney,  Elizabeth,  184. 
Whittemore,  John,  428. 
'  Whittier,  J.  G.,  564. 
Wilder,  Alexander  H.,  825. 

David,  488. 

Joel,  1 10,  175. 


Wilder,  Marshall  P.,  373. 

S.  V.  S.,  155. 
Wilhelmj,  August,  277. 
Wilhorst,  Madame,  17. 
Willard,  Calvin,  642. 

Joseph,  670. 

Nahum,  354. 
Williams,  Hartley,  565. 

Timothy,  721. 

W.  A.,  255. 

-4~Wilson,  Henry,  367,  381,  498,  513, 
790. 

James,  769. 
Windship,  Dr.,  675. 
Winthrop,  Adam,  274. 
Wiswell,  Ebenezer,  37. 
Wolves,  bounty  for,  119. 
Woman's  Rights  Convention,  719. 
Wong  Chin  Foo,  668. 
Wood,  Rev.  Roland  A.,  320. 
Woodbridge,  Rev.  J.  E.,  781. 
Woodhull,  Victoria  C.,  121. 
Woodward,  David  M.,  455. 
Woodworth,  James  S.,  68. 
Wool,  Gen.,  132. 
Woonsocket  Guards,  634. 
Worcester,  Leonard,  39. 
Worcester,  name  given,  628. 

Academy,  328,  701,  722. 

Bank,  136. 

House,  324. 

Magazine,  677. 

Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  83. 

and  Nashua  railroad,  831. 

Rifles,  425,  428. 

and  Shrewsbury  railroad,  531. 

Society  of  Antiquity,  48. 
J^°  Many  titles  which  properly 
have  Worcester  or  Worcester  County 
prefixed  to  them,  as  Worcester  Light 
Infantry,  Worcester  Palladium,  Wor- 
cester County  Horticultural  Society, 
etc.,  are  indexed  as  Light  Infantry, 


GENERAL  INDEX. 


159 


Palladium,  Horticultural  Society,  etc. 
Worth,  Major,  536. 
Worthington,  James,  488. 


Yellow  Day,  614. 
Yerrington,  J.  M.  W.,  24. 
York  House,  133. 
Young,  John,  386. 


Young,  Robert,  759. 

Young  Men's,  Christian  Association, 

351- 
Rhetorical  Society,  627. 


Zerrahn,  Carl,  162. 
Zochler,  Herr,  20. 
Zuni  Indians,  187. 


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